Amid the Lawrence school district's budget shortfall and millions in cuts, 128 teachers and other certified staff members have resigned from the district so far this school year, representing a significant increase over the number of resignations last school year.
According to data the district provided the Journal-World, there were 101 resignations last school year among teachers and other certified district ...
A judge has ruled that a longtime Lawrence strip club has been operating illegally under city code and has issued an order permanently prohibiting the club from doing business at its current location.
In a lawsuit filed Feb. 2 in Douglas County District Court, the city alleged that Allstars has been operating without the license required for a sexually oriented entertainment business. The city also claimed ...
The Lawrence school board received an update on the dozens of teaching and other positions being eliminated as part of the district’s budget cuts and the creation of multigrade elementary classrooms.
The board previously approved $6.41 million in budget cuts, including various teacher and staff reductions. As part of its meeting Monday, the board received a report indicating that 90 staff positions had been ...
The Lawrence school board gave the district the go-ahead to create a third Montessori classroom at New York Elementary School, but with the understanding that the costs for that additional classroom will not take away from the money available for staff raises.
As part of its meeting Monday, the board received an update on enrollment requests for the Montessori program at New York and the costs of adding the ...
Before teachers realized a 7-year-old child had gone missing from Prairie Park Elementary School, the child had walked more than a mile from the school, eventually being found barefoot near a large intersection.
The child’s mother said it took about 45 minutes before teachers realized her child, a first grader at Prairie Park, was missing, and an hour before the child was found. The mother, whom the ...
Lawrence school district leaders will soon continue their discussions over teacher and staff contracts, including pay raises and working conditions.
As part of its meeting Monday, the Lawrence school board is scheduled to meet in executive session to discuss contract negotiations with staff unions. The district is in the midst of negotiating contracts with two employee unions, one representing teachers and ...
