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The way it is
In the face of two wars, students in Geary County try to overcome anxiety in the classroom.
The way it is
In the face of two wars, students in Geary County try to overcome anxiety in the classroom.
- Three long-time Lawrence public schools administrators to retire
- February 9, 2012
- Three veteran administrators — who have more than a 100 years of education experience among them — will retire from Lawrence Public Schools at the end of the school year.
- School consolidation working group renews resolve for mission
- February 6, 2012
- With time running out before a deadline to make a recommendation to the board, a working group looking at consolidating schools in the Lawrence district decided to press ahead with its original charge on Monday and is still asking for more data.
- Free State High School honor roll for fall 2011
- February 6, 2012
- These Free State High School students were named to the honor roll for the first semester of the 2011-2012 school year.
- Lawrence public schools, United Way program in running for Kansas Leadership Center award
- February 6, 2012
- Lawrence Public Schools and the United Way have teamed up to become one of seven finalists for the Kansas Leadership Center’s Academy for Team Leadership program, which offers the winning organization up to $1 million in leadership training.
- Time winding down for working group’s school consolidation recommendations
- February 5, 2012
- Time is about to be up for a group of community members who have been tasked to decided which of Lawrence’s elementary schools should close.
- Firm maps out school consolidation group’s proposals
- January 31, 2012
- Rob Schwarz, a consultant with RSP, warned the community working group tasked with closing elementary schools in Lawrence that they were playing a game of chess. Move one piece, and the rest of the board shifts.
- Liberty Memorial Central Middle School honor roll for fall 2011
- January 29, 2012
- These Liberty Memorial Central Middle School students were named to honor rolls for the first semester of the 2011-2012 school year.
- 3 high school students from Lawrence named candidates for Presidential Scholar designation
- January 24, 2012
- Lawrence High School senior Leah Towle and Free Sate High School senior Sisira Srisutiva have been selected as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholar Program.
- Principals give update on grade realignment
- Middle schools may tweak scheduling, staff
- January 24, 2012
- Five months into a grade realignment, Lawrence middle school principals reported on their successes and challenges at Monday night’s Lawrence school board meeting.
- Working group gives pros, cons of school consolidation options
- January 21, 2012
- In a kind of public school version of the television show “Survivor,” a group of more than 30 parents and teachers have been meeting for the past five months to determine which schools would be voted off the Lawrence school district’s island.
- At competition, students model future cities around clean energy
- 09:25 p.m., January 21, 2012 Updated 11:40 a.m.
- The cities of the future will be models of efficiency and good living. They will run on clean energy and have staggeringly beautiful gardens. They will also have names like Snoopy City and Pinkville.
- First-year math teacher at LHS singled out for honor
- January 19, 2012
- When students ask Lawrence High School math teacher Jason Karlin why they need to know those complicated algebra II equations, Karlin has 15 years of corporate experience to back up his answer.
- Schools task force to forward consolidation proposals to consultants
- January 17, 2012
- A school consolidation advisory group picked what members believe are the five best scenarios for closing two to three elementary schools in Lawrence over the next couple of years.
- First Bell: 750 words could yield $5,000 for a young entrepreneur; board member joins advisory board for Community Corrections
- January 12, 2012
- Time for another edition of “First Bell,” a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
- First Bell: School board taking applications for Finance Advisory Committee; Prairie Park Nature Center offers trips for home-schoolers
- January 11, 2012
- Time for another edition of “First Bell,” a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
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