The Douglas County Commission will consider authorizing three conditional use permits during its meeting on Wednesday. The permits have been requested by rural property owners who want to operate a swimming lessons business, run a storage unit for trucks and build a storage unit for boats and RVs. Property owners Katie Price and Patrick Norman applied for a permit to expand a private swimming pool on their ...
Lawrence high school students will be able to start their school days later next school year, but they will not be required to do so. Rather than pushing back the entire school day to begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4:05 p.m., which was originally under consideration, the school district administration proposed keeping the current 8:05 a.m. to 3 p.m. schedule as the high school’s standard schedule and adding a new ...
Although private schools in Lawrence have seen enrollment grow at a steady pace in recent years, they do not appear to be the culprit for the drop in enrollment at Lawrence public schools for the 2019-2020 school year. During a headcount in September, the school district found a decrease of 182 students across the district. The overall enrollment dropped from 11,791 students to 11,609 students, which is about a ...
The Lawrence school district may take legal action against an e-cigarette company for its role in what the board considers to be an epidemic in schools. The school board on Monday will consider joining a lawsuit against Juul, a large e-cigarette producer. The lawsuit aims to recoup money the district says it has spent on education, enforcement and monitoring to minimize vaping at school. Many other school ...
Seeing local law enforcement officers help children pick out their favorite gifts this holiday season almost brought tears to the eyes of Amanda Vervynck. “It’s amazing,” said Vervynck, the director of education for the Ballard Community Center. “It makes me want to cry.” Local law enforcement agencies helped bring the holiday spirit to about 30 pre-kindergarten children of the Ballard Center on ...
Lawrence High School’s student newspaper has been nationally recognized once again. The National Scholastic Press Association last month awarded the newspaper, The Budget, with the Pacemaker Award, according to the organization’s website. The Pacemaker is considered to be the most prestigious award for student journalists. The Budget was one of 19 high school newspapers in the country to receive the honor. ...