Schools group taking breakfast reservations

Lawrence Schools Foundation is taking reservations for its 10th annual Community Education Breakfast, with a handful of table sponsorships still available.

The breakfast, set for Aug. 26, will feature a keynote presentation by David Booth, co-CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors, in Austin, Texas.

Booth, who graduated from Lawrence High School in 1964, spent $4.33 million at auction in December to buy James Naismith’s original rules of “Basket Ball,” documents he plans to have placed on permanent display at Kansas University.

Individual reservations are $40, and table sponsorships range from $300 to $1,000. The foundation aims to top the record $72,000 generated by last year’s breakfast, which featured a speech by Lawrence High alumnus Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor Co., who donated $10,000 himself.

Proceeds from the breakfast finance a variety of programs in the Lawrence school district, including an early-education program for at-risk 4-year-olds.

For more information, visit LawrenceSchoolsFoundation.org or contact Susan Esau, the foundation’s executive director, at 330-1941.