After finishing its first week of remote learning, the Lawrence school district has seen its student attendance levels come in close to what it would expect during a typical school year, district officials said Monday. But the district is taking steps to be able to respond to absenteeism if it becomes a problem later in the semester.
During its update to the Lawrence school board, the district’s school ...
As the local health department's color-coded guidance on schools moves into its third week in the yellow tier, at least one area district is switching to a hybrid learning option after previously allowing fully in-person classes.
Eudora Superintendent Steve Splichal on Friday announced that the district would be moving its education method into a hybrid learning model starting Monday. The district plans to ...
Discussions on the Lawrence school district’s work related to reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic and its work on racial equity are on tap for next week.
During its meeting on Monday, the Lawrence school board will hear another update from its task force charged with planning for reopening schools, this time focusing on how the district’s first week of remote learning has gone. The board will ...
Story updated at 5:43 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10:
For a third straight week, Lawrence Douglas-County Public Health has kept its education guidance in its yellow tier, which calls for schools to use hybrid learning options and prohibit “high risk” sports such as soccer and football.
Despite the department’s recommendation, the Lawrence school district said Thursday it would continue to allow all sports to ...
Douglas County’s plan to spend nearly $25 million of federal coronavirus relief funding has been accepted by the state.
That includes business grant programs the County Commission created in the late stages of crafting its plan for its $24.9 million allotment of funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, also known as CARES.
County Administrator Sarah Plinsky informed the ...
Local organizations in charge of millions of dollars in coronavirus relief funding will soon lay out their plans on how they will award the funds to Douglas County businesses.
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will discuss funding plans from local “umbrella” organizations that are in charge of grant programs the commissioners created last month. The programs are part of the county’s spending plan ...
