The Lawrence school board has approved close to $6 million in budget cuts, including the elimination of dozens of teacher positions and changes to the makeup of classrooms. However, board members pushed back on the district’s proposal to make significant cuts to school library programs.
In order to address a budget shortfall, the board voted 4-3 as part of its meeting Monday, with Carole Cadue-Blackwood, Kay ...
Though the Lawrence school district is preparing to move ahead with plans to phase in a Montessori program at New York Elementary School, the local group Save Our Schools 497 still has some big questions.
The school district announced in a brief news release Friday evening that pending school board approval, the district will begin a phased approach to offering a free, public Montessori program at New York ...
A traffic calming project in Old West Lawrence will enter a new phase this week, as city crews remove some of the devices and install additional speed bumps at other locations.
The city said the work represents the final phase of a pilot project meant to test a variety of traffic calming strategies in residential neighborhoods. The work will involve some traffic disruptions as crews install the devices this ...
The owner of a Lawrence night club that the City of Lawrence is seeking to shut down for operating as an illegal strip club is denying the city’s claims that the club has violated city code or been the site of frequent criminal infractions.
In a lawsuit filed Feb. 2 in Douglas County District Court, the City of Lawrence alleged that Allstars has been operating without the license required for a sexually ...
As the Lawrence school board prepares to make millions of dollars in cuts to address the district's budget shortfall, board leaders say they expect those cuts will include reductions at the administrative level. But how deep those cuts will go and which cuts will be made will be up for debate.
Whether the district is administratively top-heavy has been a key question among the public, and the board recently ...
Lawrence school district administrators have released a list of recommended budget cuts for the school board’s consideration, and a special meeting will be held to discuss them on March 22.
As part of their meeting Feb. 21, Lawrence school board members asked district administrators to create a list that prioritized potential budget cuts with the least impact on students. The district estimates its budget ...
