This story was updated at 11:15 p.m. on Monday, April 24, 2023.
With a focus on how the district will handle multiple transfer options for students, the Lawrence school board approved the revised boundary changes related to the closure of Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementary schools.
As part of its meeting Monday, the board voted 5-2, with Kay Emerson and Carole Cadue-Blackwood opposed, to move forward with ...
The wrongs against 14-year-old Margaret Vinegar came one after another. But a local remembrance project hopes to do some right by the young Black girl known as Sis.
Margaret was 14 in 1882 when David Bausman, a white farmer in his 40s, sexually assaulted her under the Kansas River bridge in downtown Lawrence. It was the first in a series of events that ended with Margaret dying in prison for a crime she ...
Story updated at 4:35 p.m. Friday, April 21:
The Lawrence school board will soon discuss the possibility of the district adopting a four-day school week for students.
As part of its meeting Monday, the board will receive a report on the district’s efforts to retain and recruit teachers. The recommendation for a four-day school week for students and a five-day work week for teachers will be discussed as part ...
The Lawrence school board will soon consider the revised boundary changes related to the closure of Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementary schools.
As part of its meeting Monday, the board will consider whether to move forward with the revised recommendation from the Boundary Advisory Committee. As the Journal-World previously reported, the revised recommendation would affect 470 students total, including 78 ...
The questions that Liberty Memorial Central Middle School students posed to award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson during her visit to the school on Thursday included what kind of middle school student she was, how she feels about being a role model, and what advice she has for marginalized students.
Woodson has written 35 books for children, adolescents and adults, including her memoir, “Brown Girl ...
Hundreds of students from Lawrence public schools will soon be celebrating their graduations. Here are details about the various graduation ceremonies, provided by district spokesperson Julie Boyle.
Lawrence High School graduation:
• 7 p.m. May 23 at LHS Stadium; rain date is May 25, time TBD.
• Approximately 340 graduates.
Free State High graduation:
• 7 p.m. May 24 at FSHS Stadium; rain date is May ...
