As most Kansas education has moved to online, remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Lawrence school district’s contract with its teachers has produced some conflicts that need to be addressed, said David Cunningham, the district's executive director for human resources.
To do that, he said the school district administration and the Lawrence Education Association, the local teachers union, ...
As official stay-at-home orders began last month and many organizations closed to the public to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Lawrence farmer Scott Thellman knew he needed to do something fast.
Thellman, who owns and operates Juniper Hill Farms, has relied on the school districts and restaurants as loyal customers of his locally grown produce. But those have mostly closed or pared down their ...
The Lawrence school board may soon create a panel to work out issues in its contract with the local teachers union that have arisen because schools are closed to the public for the coronavirus pandemic.
The school board will consider approving a memorandum of understanding with the Lawrence Education Association to form a board subcommittee that will work out those issues and allow for it to make quick changes ...
The Douglas County District Court is bringing in an outside judge to preside over a lawsuit that aims to stop the expansion of the county jail.
Chief Judge James McCabria said Thursday in an email to the Journal-World that the outside judge, James Fleetwood, was needed because the Douglas County judges had recused themselves from the case to avoid a conflict of interest.
Although not all of the court’s ...
No organizations in Douglas County failed health code inspections in March before the state suspended most of the operation midmonth because of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, prior to the suspension, four Lawrence businesses that were found out of compliance in February received follow-up inspections and are now listed as in compliance.
Heather Lansdowne, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of ...
The Douglas County Commission has approved the first part of a plan to combine several rural fire departments into one large fire district.
However, the taxing implications of the entire two-step plan won’t become clear until the commissioners finalize the entire plan in the coming months.
On Wednesday, County Administrator Sarah Plinsky said that’s because there are many variables in the process, which ...
