City leaders will soon discuss policy options to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags in the community, including banning them, charging a fee at checkout or creating an educational campaign. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will once again take up the topic, which has been in discussion for more than four years. A group of elementary students from Kennedy Elementary brought ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss whether they should ask Lawrence voters about changing the city’s form of government, including the possibility of having a directly elected mayor. The Lawrence City Commission will discuss the potential changes as part of its meeting Tuesday. A task force previously considered the issue in 2021, but the commission did not come to a clear consensus on how to proceed and ...
While consultants that completed enrollment projections for the Lawrence school district said the future Panasonic plant in nearby De Soto represents some unknowns, they are not projecting the plant will significantly impact district enrollment within the next five years. As part of its meeting Monday, the school board received a report from the consulting firm RSP & Associates, which the district hired to ...
Even when he was teaching in a 500-seat lecture hall, students seeking to enroll in Dennis Dailey’s human sexuality class might have had to join a wait list. Dailey, who died on Jan. 3, taught human sexuality courses in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas from 1969 to 2005, and his class was in high demand within his school and beyond. Thousands of students passed through his classroom ...
The Lawrence school board will soon receive enrollment projections that will be used to plan staffing levels, potential school closures and other budget decisions for the district. As part of its meeting Monday, the school board will receive an enrollment report from the consulting firm RSP & Associates, which the district hired to complete enrollment projections and other analyses, as well as to ...
A new recommendation regarding entrance fees for city recreation centers and other fee increases would maintain free entrance for children and youth at rec centers and the Prairie Park Nature Center but charge $3 for adults over a certain income level. The new recommendation was developed by city staff and a three-member task force of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and represents a change from the ...