Nearly a dozen Douglas County organizations failed state health code inspections in recent months. Since July, 11 establishments in the county were found and continue to be listed as out of compliance with state health codes. That’s significantly different from the state’s reports earlier this year, as no organizations were found out of compliance from March to June. But that was mostly because many ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department’s guidance to schools will remain constant for a sixth-straight week. The health department on Thursday announced the guidance would remain in the yellow tier, which recommends schools use hybrid learning options and prohibit “high-risk” athletic competitions and activities. However, key indicators guiding the health department’s recommendation to Douglas ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday kickstarted the process to amend part of its comprehensive plan to allow for a single property to subdivide its land. The commissioners voted 2-1 to approve an amendment to Plan 2040, its joint comprehensive plan with the City of Lawrence, to change the allowed land uses under the plan’s subsection for the K-10 and Farmer’s Turnpike area. It will now be sent to the ...
Despite an increase of coronavirus cases among students and staff at the Baldwin City school district, schools will remain operating in a hybrid learning model for the foreseeable future. But the district’s leader recently said schools could be on the verge of going fully remote because of a new problem caused by the ongoing pandemic – not enough substitutes to fill in for teachers who are ...
Lawrence students will be returning to classrooms next month, but it took a long and intense conversation by the school board to reach that conclusion. After a seven-hour meeting on Monday that lasted roughly until midnight, the board voted 4-3 to move its fully remote learning method to a hybrid learning option on Oct. 19. The district has used fully remote learning to start the school year because of the ...
Douglas County may soon make changes to its comprehensive plan to allow for a rural property owner to subdivide his land for residential purposes. The County Commission on Wednesday will consider an amendment to Plan 2040, its joint comprehensive plan with the City of Lawrence, to change the allowed land uses under the plan’s subsection for the K-10 and Farmer’s Turnpike area. The amendment would allow for ...