Although school buildings are closed and Lawrence students are learning online from remote settings, Superintendent Anthony Lewis told the Lawrence school board that the school district is still working hard to provide an education to local children.
“We want to make sure we are still able to give students as much of an academic benefit as if they were in our classrooms,” Lewis said.
The Lawrence school ...
Douglas County will soon begin crafting a tool to collect data on the local homeless community that will be used to fight chronic homelessness in the area.
On Wednesday, the County Commission approved an agreement with Community Solutions to take part in the Built For Zero initiative. Community Solutions is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending homelessness.
Although the local effort will be led by ...
Douglas County on Wednesday may take a step to begin tracking data on the local homeless population, with the goal of addressing chronic homelessness in the community.
The County Commission will consider entering an agreement with Community Solutions, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending homelessness, during its regular meeting. The agreement would allow Douglas County, in partnership with the City of ...
Construction at Lawrence High School continued as usual Monday as students began learning from home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Without students in the hallways of the large high school because of local and state health orders, the challenge of conducting construction during the school year has become less complicated, said Tony Barron, the school district’s executive director of facilities and ...
As parents in the Lawrence school district wait to hear plans regarding the resumption of the school year through remote learning, some are wary of the loss of the social aspects of school, as students will be mostly learning from home.
Meanwhile, teachers are concerned the new remote learning operation may be stressful for everyone involved, including teachers who are parents of students themselves.
But no ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider reducing high school graduation requirements for the current school year to help seniors graduate on time amid school closures for the coronavirus pandemic.
The school district currently has a requirement for high school students to earn 23 credits to graduate. But the board will consider reducing the requirement to 21 credits, the state’s statutory ...
