The Lawrence school district may soon have an official contract with a labor union representing the district's classified staff. The proposed contract would provide a slight increase in pay for staff members. The school board on Monday will consider ratifying the district's first contract with ...
After taking a year off because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence’s annual talent show returns on Friday. The Lights On Talent Show, which uses the theme “Strong Across Lawrence” this year, will feature songs about strength, overcoming adversity and ...
Douglas County’s top election official has begun notifying about 1,200 county voters that they may have incorrectly received an extra ballot in the mail for the upcoming city and school board elections. But Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said Wednesday that he’s confident the ballot ...
CHICAGO — Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns. He was 8 years old. Neither he nor anyone else in his family's Chicago ...
WICHITA — School is back. Thousands of teachers across the state are not. Absences triggered by COVID-19 outbreaks and the resulting quarantines leave schools straining to fill the gaps with substitutes when retirees and the other usual fill-in suspects are less willing to command a ...
Craig McCauley, the choral music director at West Middle School, received the Lawrence Teacher of the Year Award for secondary school educators this week, the district announced Friday in a news release. Superintendent Anthony Lewis presented the award Wednesday at West, citing McCauley's ...