The Lawrence school district is planning for graduation ceremonies to occur at their usual times this spring, but how they will be conducted as the coronavirus pandemic continues is not yet clear. District spokeswoman Julie Boyle told the Journal-World this week that the district planned for its three high school graduations to take place in late May, when they typically occur. The Lawrence Virtual School ...
Story updated at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday: Firefighters responded to a fire Tuesday afternoon at Babcock Place apartments at 17th and Massachusetts streets, where residents were briefly displaced. Administration Division Chief Tom Fagan, a spokesman for Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, told the Journal-World the fire was under control shortly after 1 p.m., about 45 minutes after firefighters arrived. He said no ...
A Lawrence educator has been recognized as a regional semifinalist for the Kansas Teacher of the Year award. The Kansas State Department of Education on Sunday announced in a news release that Shari Flakus, of Billy Mills Middle School, was one of six teachers of the second region, which consists of the state’s 2nd U.S. Congressional District, named as a semifinalist for the 2022 Kansas Teacher of the Year. ...
For Derek Kwan, the past year has felt similar to what he witnessed almost 20 years ago. As the coronavirus swept across the world, creating a global pandemic, it also seems to have sparked what Kwan sees as an anti-Asian sentiment, likely because the virus was first discovered in China, which led to derogatory rhetoric from some political leaders. As someone who had lived in New York City in 2001, Kwan, now ...
A new principal will be in charge of Lawrence’s Prairie Park Elementary School next year, as the current leader will resign at the end of the school year. The Lawrence school district announced earlier this week that Principal Shannon Harrelson will leave the position on June 30. Her resignation was approved by the school board on Monday. Harrelson, who is in her second year leading Prairie Park, is leaving ...
Updated at 11:50 a.m. Thursday Rontarus Washington Jr. on Thursday was set to have new counsel defending him in a murder case, likely prolonging the already six-year-old case. But a judge quickly rescinded his order allowing the change of counsel to make sure Washington's input was considered. During a hearing Thursday morning, Judge James McCabria initially approved a request from Washington’s current ...