A local proponent of equity in the field of health care has filed to run for the Lawrence school board. Erica Hill, 39, is finance and operations manager for the LMH Health Foundation and health equity advocate with LMH Health. She said she wants to address district issues and policies through a lens of equity and to ensure successful implementation of the district’s strategic plan. She also said she wants ...
The community engagement and volunteer director for the United Way of Douglas County has filed to run for the Lawrence school board. Paula Smith said she believed her experience, both in her career and as a parent, would be beneficial to the board. She wants to improve outcomes for all students and ensure students’ safety in schools. Smith, 41, moved to Lawrence around age 10 from Sisseton, S.D., when her ...
Lawrence school board members approved the resignation of a top district administrator during a brief meeting Tuesday after a tornado struck Douglas County. Kyle Hayden, the district’s chief operations officer, has accepted a position as chief finance and operations officer for the Blue Valley School District in Johnson County, according to a news release from the district. Hayden’s resignation is ...
Lawrence middle school athletic directors and coaches are asking the district to bring back one sport and add another, according to information in the school board’s meeting agenda. The district cut the middle school athletics budget in the 2002-2003 year, according to the agenda materials. Now, middle school administration and staff are asking the board to reinstate seventh grade girls and boys basketball ...
Check, please — that is, go online to check out what small or not-so-small payments your health care providers have received from pharmaceutical companies, please. A February 2019 article in The Atlantic, “Did Free Pens Cause the Opioid Crisis?” by Ray Fisman and Michael Luca, examines how even small gifts — a free pen here, a sandwich there — can spark an urge to reciprocate. Some physicians ...
A Lawrence activist who has championed causes including education, civic engagement and health care has filed to run for the Lawrence school board. Thea Perry, 37, said that in addition to meeting the needs of all students and closing achievement and discipline gaps for underserved populations, she would like to form policies governing school lunches and equity complaints. Perry is originally from the tiny ...