Lawrence school district leaders will soon receive the results of the annual state accreditation review, which includes updates on graduation rates as well as other data.
As part of its meeting Monday, the Lawrence school board will receive the district’s Kansas Education System Accreditation (KESA) report for the 2022-23 school year. The report shows in part that the district’s graduation rates — which ...
City leaders will soon get an update on efforts to address homelessness, including adding staff to the city-run campsite, an update on the timeframe for a new campsite with modular homes, and efforts toward more coordination — including potentially a "full merger" — with the Lawrence Community Shelter.
The Lawrence City Commission will get an update on the city’s efforts to address homelessness as part of ...
Before lichens and other biological growth were cleaned from the headstone in Oak Hill Cemetery, neither the name of the person buried there nor the stone’s ornamentation was clearly visible. The surface of the stone was covered in black, green and yellow growth, and cemetery records listed the headstone as “unknown.”
Now, when visitors look upon the headstone, what they can clearly see is the name of ...
Douglas County leaders are asking their counterparts at the City of Lawrence to reconsider their previously expressed desire to pull back from a project that would extend Wakarusa Drive south of Lawrence through an undeveloped area and build a bridge over the Wakarusa River.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a request from Douglas County to help fund the Wakarusa Drive ...
Each given two minutes to speak, members of the committee tasked with providing a budget recommendation to the Lawrence school board expressed concerns about a “performative” consultant-led process, reluctance to back what has been drafted so far, as well as resolve to move forward and make “hard decisions.”
The meeting Thursday at district offices began with the 39-member committee arranging their ...
The City of Lawrence has been awarded $1.6 million in federal funds to reduce homelessness and increase the availability of affordable housing, and is conducting a community survey to gather feedback on how to spend the funds.
The city is receiving the $1.6 million from the HOME Investment Partnership American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) Program, according to a news release. The survey asks residents about how the ...
