An often-heard refrain of Lawrence school district officials is that there will be cuts and they will be painful, but there is one place in the district’s budget that some say is escaping scrutiny in this year’s round of budget reductions: district administration.
As the Lawrence school board prepares to cut as many as 50 teachers and close up to two schools to free up money for teacher and staff raises, ...
In an indicator of the closer relationship between the City of Lawrence and the Lawrence Community Shelter, the city plans to use a portion of its pandemic aid to pay additional staffing costs for the shelter to expand its capacity to 125 people.
The city announced Thursday that beginning March 13, the day after the city’s winter emergency shelter at the Community Building in downtown Lawrence is set to ...
The committee working to redraw boundaries in the Lawrence school district related to the potential closures of Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries has begun conversations about where potential boundary lines might lie, and a consultant will soon prepare a revised plan based on committee input.
During a Boundary Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday evening, consultants working with the district went over ...
After more than three years of limited capacity, the Lawrence Community Shelter will soon be expanding to serve 125 people.
The LCS was for many years the community’s primary provider of emergency shelter, but it significantly reduced its capacity in the summer of 2019 due to budget issues, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic and staffing issues it has continued to operate at a capacity of 50 or fewer people at ...
The Lawrence school district has announced that child care will be provided at the upcoming public hearings for the potential closures of Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries.
District spokesperson Julie Boyle said in an email Thursday evening that on-site child care for school-age children will be provided at both public hearings.
As the Journal-World previously reported, providing child care was one of ...
After having to be delivered nearly 10 weeks early because they were at risk for serious complications, a rare type of identical twins are doing well and settling into their home in Lawrence.
Lawrence resident Alijah Kraus-McLaughlin delivered the twins by Caesarean section on Nov. 30, 2022, almost 10 weeks ahead of their Feb. 4, 2023, due date. Because the twins — whom Kraus-McLaughlin and her husband ...
