Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s guidance for schools operating during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain constant for another week.
The health department announced Thursday that it was keeping its recommendation in the orange tier, which calls for hybrid in-person instruction. It also calls for prohibiting competitions among “high risk” athletics and activities unless safety precautions are taken, ...
The Douglas County Commission has reallocated another $290,000 of unspent CARES Act funding to help make sure all of its $24.9 million are spent by the end of the year.
The commissioners also gave county staff the authority to make further changes to the funding plan when needed this month to help reach that goal.
During their meeting on Wednesday, the commissioners authorized reallocating $264,000 from ...
Members of Free State High School’s boys basketball team are quarantining after a player tested positive for COVID-19 just days after the team opened its 2020-21 season.
Julie Boyle, spokeswoman for the Lawrence school district, said the high school was informed Monday that one of the team’s players tested positive for the virus, and Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health asked five coaches and 20 students ...
More changes to Douglas County’s plan to spend federal relief funds for the coronavirus pandemic could be coming soon.
On Wednesday, the County Commission will consider making further reallocations of unspent funds from its $24.9 million Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act allotment. The county only has the rest of December to ensure the funding is spent. Any money not spent by the end of the ...
A new principal could be leading Lawrence High School next school year as the school district kicks off its search to fill the position permanently.
On Friday, the district posted an advertisement for the job on its website, and the district began soliciting community feedback through an online survey on desired qualities in the next principal.
Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the district, on Monday confirmed ...
In light of a future enrollment forecast showing an elementary school will reach its full capacity in the next few years, the Lawrence school district has reinstated a committee that reviews school enrollment boundaries.
But the committee could look into addressing more than just one building’s capacity issues.
Along with the expectation that Quail Run Elementary will reach 99% capacity by the 2024-25 school ...
