Kansas students will still keep doing school work — perhaps up to three hours of remote learning per day for older students — under guidelines being unveiled as part of the state's response to the COVID-19 virus.
Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson stressed Thursday that Kansas students will continue to receive instruction this spring, after Gov. Laura Kelly ordered all school buildings closed for ...
The Douglas County Commission ordered most of the county’s facilities to be closed to the public during its meeting on Wednesday amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
County Administrator Sarah Plinsky said the approved closure of facilities will bar the public from most of the county’s buildings, but county business will continue. Facilities will remain open only to county employees and “critical” ...
The Douglas County Commission will hold a pared-down meeting Wednesday after deferring several items originally scheduled to be taken up this week.
One item that remains, however, is the commission’s consideration of selecting a construction manager at risk for its proposed behavioral health crisis center at the Treatment and Recovery Campus of Douglas County, part of which is currently under construction in ...
A group of about 30 Bishop Seabury Academy students on an international trip returned to Lawrence on Sunday amid travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The group traveled to Greece last week for an educational spring break trip and had originally intended to head back to the United States on Tuesday. But the trip was cut short after President Donald Trump last week announced travel bans to ...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, individuals may have found it difficult to understand what they are supposed to do if they fear they have contracted the COVID-19 virus. Some have also wondered why they have not been able to get tested for the virus, fearing the disease may be more pervasive than official counts.
But health officials told the Journal-World Friday that there is not yet a quick ...
As Kansas’ public universities prepare to shut down their campuses in light of the growing coronavirus pandemic, the state’s K-12 education leader said school districts must look to their local health departments for guidance on possible closures.
State Education Commissioner Randy Watson told hundreds of Kansas school leaders during a video conference call on Thursday that their local health departments ...
