Seven Lawrence school board candidates are vying for three seats in this year's elections, but, unlike the Lawrence City Commission candidates, they won’t appear on the primary ballot in August. Instead, they will be on the general election ballot on Nov. 4. Three are incumbents seeking ...
Former school board president Kelly Jones criticized the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $7 billion in federal education funding, warning it will severely impact support for vulnerable students and already under-resourced public schools. On Monday, Jones shared her frustrations after ...
Updated at 9:02 a.m. Monday, July 14 Lawrence school board members will consider funding to support an interior remodel at Woodlawn Elementary School. On Monday, school board members will consider accepting a bid with B.A. Green Construction Co. Inc. to perform remodeling work at Woodlawn ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas State Board of Education and Attorney General Kris Kobach have been fighting about whether Kansas should drop a ban on discrimination against persons based on sexual orientation or gender identity from public school district contracts tied to federally funded nutrition ...
TOPEKA — Most members of the Kansas State Board of Education voted to increase their pay to equal state legislators, which was commonplace until legislators doubled their pay this year, leaving board members behind. In a 9-1 vote on Tuesday, the board approved a request for around $126,000 ...
When Benjamin Patterson stood at the grave of a 23-year-old World War II combat engineer from North Lawrence, he didn’t just see a name etched in white marble — he saw a life he had spent months uncovering. Since January, Patterson, a rising senior, and Sonja Czarnecki, a social studies ...