Lawrence school district representatives said they would go no higher than their original proposal for teacher raises, shutting down a proposal from the teachers’ union for a 2.65% funding increase.
The Lawrence Education Association made the proposal to the district’s negotiation team, which includes two Lawrence school board members, as part of a meeting Monday at district offices. The LEA proposal, ...
Current Lawrence school district estimates call for about a third of the district’s elementary classrooms to be multigrade next school year, and one school has opted to convert all its elementary classrooms to multigrade.
The number of multigrade classrooms won’t be finalized until August, but the district is currently estimating that 40 of its 119 elementary classrooms, or about 34%, will combine grade ...
The Lawrence school board will soon begin discussing whether to increase school fees or add an extra fee for computers and tablets.
The board will discuss school fees and a potential device fee as part of a work session on Monday. Currently, basic school fees for elementary students are $112 and those for middle and high school students are $162, with additional fees for any extracurricular activities.
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In 1882, a mob of about 100 white men took Pete Vinegar, Isaac King and George Robertson from their jail cells and lynched them from the Kansas River bridge.
But on Friday, 140 years to the day since the lynching, a different kind of crowd gathered.
On the bank of the Kansas River, with a remaining stone pillar from the old bridge obscured in brush, about 100 men and women of all races came together to ...
A local environmental advocacy group is expressing concerns about a proposed project that would extend Wakarusa Drive south of Lawrence through an undeveloped area and build a bridge over the Wakarusa River.
The Lawrence branch of the Sunrise Movement held an informational meeting Thursday at the Lawrence Public Library to discuss the project, which is included in long-term transportation plans and scheduled ...
Members of Lawrence's Sustainability Advisory Board met Wednesday to begin discussing an ordinance to impose a 15-cent fee for single-use plastic and paper bags, revealing some mixed opinions about how the board wants to proceed.
The Lawrence City Commission asked the board last month to restart the discussion on disposable plastic bags. The city has previously discussed banning plastic bags altogether or ...
