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- Donor ready to write Lawrence schools a check for new locker rooms at Free State — but there’s a catch
- July 9, 2009
- An anonymous donor is ready to hand over a check to the Lawrence school district, but only if the school board agrees to construct a multiuse facility on the south end of the Free State High football field.
- Kansas education secretary nominated for federal job
- 11:16 a.m., July 7, 2009 Updated 04:29 p.m.
- Kansas’ top public school official, Education Commissioner Alexa Posny of Lawrence, may be returning to Washington, D.C., to work in the U.S. Department of Education.
- School district needs to cut $500K more
- July 3, 2009
- The Lawrence school district’s budget ax will need to cut deeper.
- Doll begins work on ‘meaty issues’
- July 2, 2009
- Rick Doll hit the books right away on Wednesday during his first day as leader of the Lawrence public school system. First things first, he moved into his office. Well, sort of.
- Lawrence school board welcomes 3 new members
- July 2, 2009
- Three new Lawrence school board members took their seats at the first meeting of the new fiscal year Wednesday night. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Chief Mark Bradford, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services assistant program administrator Bob Byers and Kansas University social work graduate student Vanessa Sanburn were sworn in by Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew.
- Parents to consider walking school bus
- July 2, 2009
- After the Lawrence public schools made budget cuts that included bus rides for children who live within 2.5 miles of their school, the idea of a walking bus was broached by special operations director Rick Gammill. Interested parents can attend a walking school bus volunteer coordinator training for the Kansas City metro area from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Nutter Ivanhoe Neighborhood Center, 3700 Woodland, Kansas City, Mo.
- Kansas delays aid payments to schools
- July 1, 2009
- Budget problems have forced Kansas to delay $73 million in aid payments due to public school districts at the end of June.
- School officials dread state budget decisions as new fiscal year starts
- June 30, 2009
- Public school officials are dreading the start of the state’s fiscal year like some students worry about the first day of school.
- Bert Nash center not ready to wrap up WRAP program
- Funding sought to continue work in schools
- June 30, 2009
- Even though funding prospects appear to be reduced, a program that puts social workers in Lawrence secondary schools might be able to survive in some capacity.
- Gov. Parkinson expects there will be more budget cuts on the horizon
- June 29, 2009
- More state budget cuts are coming. That was the word Monday from Gov. Mark Parkinson, who said the current shortfall has grown to $135 million as the fiscal year ends Tuesday.
- Summer school, streamlined
- June 29, 2009
- It’s 7 a.m., and Kelsey McKay, Lawrence High School junior, is not going to work or preparing for a fun summer trip with friends. Kelsey is getting ready for school.
- ‘We’ve made strides’
- Weseman reflects on decade as leader of Lawrence schools as retirement nears
- June 29, 2009
- While Randy Weseman’s departure on Tuesday from the school district he loves will be bittersweet, he’s fully convinced Lawrence public schools will move forward without him.
- Doll expects smooth transition to office
- June 29, 2009
- Rick Doll will take the reins of the Lawrence public school system Wednesday. He’s done his homework on the district. Since he was named in March to replace Superintendent Randy Weseman, Doll has spent many days in the district, in hopes of ensuring a smooth transition. I caught up with Doll last week, as he prepared for his new job.
- South Junior High honor roll
- June 27, 2009
- South Junior High has announced its second semester honor roll.
- Central Junior High Honor Roll
- June 27, 2009
- Central Junior High School has announced its spring semester honor rolls.
- Southwest Junior High honor roll
- June 27, 2009
- Southwest Junior High School announces its spring 2009 honor rolls, as provided by the school.
- Newsweek releases top high school list
- June 25, 2009
- The top ranked high school in Kansas according to a list released by Newsweek is Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kan. It came in as the 109th best high school in the United States.
- Lawrence high schools left off list of top high schools in Kansas
- June 24, 2009
- The top ranked high school in Kansas according to a list released by Newsweek is Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kan. It came is as the 109th best high school in the United States.
- Progress being made on LHS, Free State fields
- New fields at Lawrence, Free State high schools should be finished by Aug. 15
- June 24, 2009
- The rain last week turned to a summer heat wave, but that hasn’t deterred work on the new high school athletic fields.
- Court: Public must pay for private special ed
- June 23, 2009
- The Supreme Court on Monday shifted the landscape for students with learning disabilities, saying parents can in many instances bypass public school special education programs and be reimbursed for private school tuition instead.
- Schools receive federal funds, to be used on teacher salaries
- June 23, 2009
- It looks like the Lawrence school district will get more than $2.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funds will have to be spent during the month of September, and finance division director Kathy Johnson said the money would go toward paying teacher salaries for that month.
- Behind the wheels: A lot has changed in 50 years of driver’s ed in Lawrence
- June 22, 2009
- Ben Stewart wasn’t sure what he was getting into when he started teaching driver’s education at Central Junior High School in 1959. “I was nervous,” says Stewart, who now is 88 years old. “My wife says it took me three years to get over my nerves and settle into it.”
- Technology revolutionizes school safety
- June 20, 2009
- The use of new technology has revolutionized the business of school safety.
- School construction, safety go hand-in-hand
- June 19, 2009
- School districts may be safer than they have ever been.
- Superintendent renews contract of teacher who claimed he was fired because of his beliefs
- 04:51 p.m., June 18, 2009 Updated 05:52 p.m.
- Tim Latham, the Lawrence High School teacher who said his contract was not renewed because of his political beliefs, will return to teaching at Lawrence High School in the fall, the Lawrence school district announced late Thursday afternoon.
- Dozens to fulfill education dream Thursday
- June 18, 2009
- With jobs getting harder and harder to come by in these tough economic times, imagine trying to find employment without a high school diploma. It’s nearly impossible.
- Detroit students on field trip to KU
- June 17, 2009
- It’s a once-in-a-lifetime trip that is changing the lives of some Detroit teenagers.
- Sixth-grade class gives college a test
- June 17, 2009
- A group of students sits scribbling notes in the back of their first-ever college class. It’s early, but these students couldn’t be more excited to be here.
- Teacher accusing district of political firing gets grievance hearing
- June 15, 2009
- A Lawrence High School teacher who says his conservative political beliefs led to his contract not being renewed for a second year had a hearing with district officials Monday.
- Tiny-K’s big impact
- June 15, 2009
- Two-year-old Charlie Simpson seemed to be an ordinary child. He had developed motor skills ahead of schedule, but his parents noticed that he didn’t appear to be on par verbally. “People told us not to worry about it,” says Charlie’s mother, Pamela.
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