The Lawrence school district’s graduation ceremonies this weekend will now use a staggered entry and exit approach. The school district announced late Thursday that it had modified plans for the Saturday graduation ceremonies for Lawrence High School and Free State High School in an effort to mitigate contact among students and guests. In an email to the Journal-World on Friday, district spokeswoman Julie ...
Update 4:55 p.m. Thursday Despite rising cases of COVID-19 in Douglas County, hundreds of Lawrence high school seniors will be gathering for graduation ceremonies this weekend. Although the number of people who attend the events will likely surpass the county’s current 45-person gathering limit, the Lawrence school district said that it thought the ceremonies would be safe for the public and that it had the ...
Douglas County could be getting its first “agrihood,” as County Commissioner Nancy Thellman put it on Wednesday. During its regular meeting, the County Commission approved a rezoning application from Dirk Hanson, a rural landowner, who wants to subdivide his land for the purposes of selling the newly created parcels as residential properties with small farm operations. Thellman said it could be the first ...
A Lawrence septic company wants to move its operation and truck storage to a new location, and a rural landowner wants to subdivide his land with the idea of selling new parcels for small farming operations. The Douglas County Commission will consider their conditional use permit and rezoning requests during its meeting on Wednesday. Honey-Bee Septic — currently at 1462 North 1700 Road, just outside of the ...
With about a month left before school is scheduled to begin, it is unclear whether Lawrence students will return to their school buildings this fall. Deputy Superintendent Anna Stubblefield said during the Lawrence school board’s meeting on Monday that the district has not yet made any decisions on whether it will reopen school buildings for the 2020-2021 school year, which is scheduled to begin the week of ...
In the morning heat this summer, several Lawrence youths have been getting their hands dirty by taking care of a robust garden just outside of West Middle School. While the gardeners, ages 14 to 20, could be sleeping in like many of their classmates, some recently told the Journal-World why they prefer spending their time in the Growing Food Growing Health garden. Almost all of them have worked multiple ...