The Lawrence school district is planning on taking measures to help keep students safe while they participate in athletics and activities amid the coronavirus pandemic this fall.
Some of those measures include limiting use of locker rooms and providing specific guidelines for each athletic team. However, there will be risk involved no matter what they decide to do, said Lawrence High School Athletic Director ...
While Lawrence students won’t step into a classroom until at least October, some other Douglas County students could be receiving in-person education in just a few weeks.
The school districts of Baldwin City, Eudora and Perry-Lecompton are all considering plans to begin their academic years through in-person and hybrid learning — the latter option being a model that calls for some school days in the ...
Updated at 3:40 p.m. Friday
The race for the Douglas County Commission 2nd District has reached an unofficial end with incumbent Nancy Thellman holding on to her seat by just a few votes.
In the final tally released Friday, Thellman finished with just six more votes than Democratic challenger Shannon Reid.
Thellman, who is running for a fourth term as 2nd District representative, received 2,301 votes, while ...
The Lawrence school district may soon be able to furlough some staff who administration believes will not be needed during remote learning this fall.
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider giving the district’s administration the ability to furlough classified staff — a category that includes custodians, office staff and other employees who aren't teachers — as early as Tuesday and until ...
Covering health and medical expenses caused by the coronavirus pandemic accounts for a large portion of a proposed spending plan for Douglas County's nearly $25 million of federal aid.
Almost half of the $24.9 million of funding from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as CARES, provided to the county is proposed to be used to cover costs for medical and public health ...
The Douglas County Commission got its first look at how it could spend nearly $25 million of federal coronavirus aid, including $2.7 million for virus testing in the community, and county leaders are scheduling an extra meeting to give themselves more time to discuss the plan.
County Administrator Sarah Plinsky and county staff laid out the initial proposal of the plan for the funds, which is required before ...
