TOPEKA — The vacancy rate among Kansas teachers employed by accredited K-12 schools declined 9.1% this spring as more special education, science, math, elementary and other hard-to-fill classroom instructional slots were filled, state officials said. The Kansas State Department of ...
Lawrence school board members on Monday chose Bob Byers as their new board president and Yolanda Franklin as their vice president for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year. The board held its annual organizational meeting on Monday to elect its officers. Byers was the only board member nominated ...
Lawrence school board members will be appointing a new board president and vice president at their meeting on Monday. The board will hold its annual organizational meeting on Monday to elect its officers for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year. The current officers are President GR Gordon-Ross ...
A local education leader is raising concerns that Douglas County's proposed truancy program would replace direct services for families with a case management approach as commissioners revisit the proposal Wednesday. “To me, this sounds like going backwards,” Lawrence school board member ...
As the City of Lawrence, the school district and their partners work to update their Safe Routes to School program for 2026, they're reporting lower levels of students walking or biking to most schools in fall 2025 than in past years. The city is currently in the process of updating the bike ...
The Lawrence school district has announced two interim principals for New York Montessori and Quail Run Elementary School. Virginia Gwyn has been named as the interim principal for New York Montessori, and Jeremy Philipp was selected to be the interim principal at Quail Run Elementary. ...