After the students of Madeline Herrera's third grade class learned about climate change this year, they were clearly shaken when they saw recent wildfires ravaging Australia.
But Herrera, who teaches at Deerfield Elementary School, said she was happy to see the students would not only learn about climate change but would also take action to help.
This weekend, the students will host a trivia night and silent ...
The longtime activities director at Free State High School will retire at the end of the school year.
The Lawrence school district announced this week that Lisa Boyd will retire on June 30. She has served as an assistant principal and director of activities since 1998, shortly after the school opened in the fall of 1997, said Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the school district.
“Free State High School has ...
Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis has been mentioned in a report outlining allegations that administrators in the Kansas City, Mo., school district — where Lewis was formerly an administrator — led a scheme to falsify attendance records.
Lewis, however, told the Journal-World this week that he had no role in the scheme, which is alleged to have occurred as part of a plan for the troubled Kansas City ...
The Kansas Department of Transportation is considering three plans to renovate the north end of the South Lawrence Trafficway — the general area where Kansas Highway 10 meets Interstate 70 and the Farmer’s Turnpike — as part of its work toward expanding the trafficway’s western leg from two lanes to four.
Greg Weatherd of HNTB, a consultant for KDOT, presented the three plans to the Douglas County ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will consider awarding a construction contract to repair a bridge just south of Lawrence.
In a memo to county commissioners, Public Works Director Keith Browning said the project would repair the bridge carrying East 1400 Road over the Wakarusa River. The bridge is directly south of the Baker Wetlands.
The project includes rehabilitating the abutments supporting the ...
The Lawrence school district is heading in the “right direction," but more must be done to achieve its goals set out in its strategic plan, said Superintendent Anthony Lewis.
Lewis made the comment while he was discussing the school district's performance on Kansas State Assessment tests for third grade reading and eighth grade math. He showed the results to the Lawrence school board as part of his update on ...
