Update: After hearing an hour and half of public comment, Lawrence school board leaders have voted to close Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries. As part of its meeting Monday, the school board voted 4-3, with Carole Cadue-Blackwood, Kay Emerson and Past President Erica Hill opposed, to approve a resolution to close Broken Arrow and Pinckney at the end of this school year. As parents and community ...
Lawrence school district leaders heard comments from more than 30 people on Saturday as part of a public hearing for the closure of Broken Arrow Elementary, and many of the commenters called on the board to consider the impact on students and to look at other cuts. About 100 people attended the hearing, and many rallied outside against closing the school ahead of the meeting. The district’s as-yet untouched ...
As Lawrence school board members prepare to consider closing Pinckney Elementary, parents and community members called on them to consider the impact on the school’s students, many of whom come from low-income households. About 125 people attended the hearing on Saturday afternoon, and dozens rallied outside against closing the school ahead of the meeting. During the more-than-two-hour hearing, many ...
Though enrollment projections provided to the Lawrence school board in January predicted that the district would lose about 300 students over the next five years, a few new residential developments have moved forward since then that could affect those numbers. The district hired RSP & Associates to complete the enrollment projections, which along with increasing costs and a goal to identify funding for ...
Some members of a council that considers equity issues for the Lawrence school district say the council as a whole was not asked for input on the district’s proposal to close Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementary schools, and that they have serious concerns about how closures would affect disadvantaged students. Seven members of the Equity Advisory Council, whose 28 members include school board members, ...
Story updated at 6:27 p.m. Thursday, March 23: The Lawrence school district has released a map of proposed new school boundaries should Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries close. The Boundary Advisory Committee met on Wednesday evening, and consultants working with the district went over a proposal for boundary changes that was revised based on input from the committee at its last meeting. The committee ...