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Lindsey Slater (Education Reporter)

Lindsey grew up in Edwardsville, IL, a suburb of St. Louis. This means she'd wear Cardinal red at the I-70 series, even in Kauffman Stadium.

In high school, Lindsey's mother decided she should be a journalist. She actually listened and attended the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago. She graduated with a BSJ in June 2007.

Lindsey first appeared in Lawrence in March 2006 after NU sent her there to intern at the NewsCenter. That summer, she interned at KSDK-TV in St. Louis where she got to watch Brian Williams anchor live on the roof of the station. After deciding that he's even more handsome in person, Lindsey graduated college and knew she wanted to come back to Lawrence. She began reporting on the K-12 education beat in October 2007.

Since moving to Lawrence, she is now an avid KU fan, and even bought her Mizzou-loving father some Jayhawk gear as a birthday present.

When she's not in the NewsCenter, Lindsey enjoys reading, learning useless trivia, roaming Massachusetts Street and attempting to play golf.

Recent stories

Lawrence school board welcomes 3 new members: By Lindsey Slater; 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.
Doll begins work on ‘meaty issues’: By Lindsey Slater; 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.
Memorial to late sheriff’s officer dedicated: By Lindsey Slater; June 29, 2009; June 28, 2008, is a day the Dillon family will never forget.
‘We’ve made strides’: Weseman reflects on decade as leader of Lawrence schools as retirement nears; By Lindsey Slater; 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: By Lindsey Slater; 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.
Love of chrome drives club members: By Lindsey Slater; June 27, 2009; The crowd’s eyes fixate on a line of about 20 cars that roll in to Sheridan’s Frozen Custard parking lot at the intersection of 23rd and Iowa Streets.
Local farmers bringing in a bumper crop of lavender: ‘It’s a great aroma … and it’s a great place to be’; By Lindsey Slater; June 24, 2009; While purple isn’t exactly a welcome hue in Lawrence, the Washington Creek Lavender farm is filled with almost 5,000 plants just that color.
Lawrence high schools left off list of top high schools in Kansas: By Lindsey Slater; 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; By Lindsey Slater; 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.
Schools receive federal funds, to be used on teacher salaries: By Lindsey Slater; 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.

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Recent photos

Leni Salkind lights a giant menorah outside the South Park Recreation Center on the first night of Hanukkah. In back is Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel of the KU Chabad Center for Jewish Life.

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