The Lawrence school district and the local teachers union ended a three-month impasse Tuesday with a tentative agreement on a 2018-2019 contract that will give all teachers in the district a $1,200-a-year raise. David Cunningham, the district's legal counsel and executive director of human resources, said the agreement would increase the district’s total annual payroll for teachers by 2.64 percent. Under the ...
The Lawrence school board approved adding 26 new high school courses for the 2019-2020 school year that district administrators said would create post-graduation employment opportunities and increase the odds of college success. Patrick Kelly, director of the Lawrence College and Career Center, made the board's approval easier with the news that the courses would not require additional staffing. Eleven of the ...
The leading edge of what a National Weather Service meteorologist called a short-duration blizzard hit Lawrence shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday. Kevin Skow, meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said a blizzard warning has been issued for the Lawrence area. Douglas County can expect 4 to 6 inches of snow before the system moves out by around 6 p.m. Sunday, he said. Sustained winds of 20 ...
The Lawrence school board will consider at its meeting Monday adding high school courses for the 2019-2020 school year while expanding its college credit partnership with the University of Kansas. It will also hear a report on the district's downward-trending graduation rates. The 15 new courses proposed will be in the academic pathways of law, public service and safety; graphic design and engineering; ...
An early season blizzard blew through Douglas County on Sunday, bringing about 4 inches of snow whipped by strong winds and making travel hazardous on the last day of the Thanksgiving weekend. Lawrence and Douglas County law enforcement reported numerous incidents of motorists stuck in snow, sliding off roadways or involved in minor accidents, but no serious crashes. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office ...
Lawrence and Douglas County may be in for a nasty end to the holiday weekend Sunday with snow and strong winds expected to create near whiteout conditions. Kyle Poage, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said rain would start about 6 a.m. Sunday and would turn to snow from 9 to 11 a.m. as the temperature was expected to fall from nearly 40 degrees at sunrise to the upper 20s in the ...