Shannon Kimball is seeking her third term as a member of the Lawrence school board — an office she’d like to hold alongside her upcoming role as president of the Kansas Association of School Boards. Kimball began her first term in July 2011. She said some of her proudest accomplishments as a member of the Lawrence school board include the “transformation” of the district’s facilities into ones that ...
Carole Cadue-Blackwood, who successfully led the effort to change the name of a Lawrence middle school to honor Native American heritage, has filed to run for the school board. If elected, she said she hopes to continue to address achievement gaps between races and ethnicities in Lawrence Public Schools. She also wants to help implement the five-year strategic plan that district leaders are currently shaping. ...
Douglas County commissioners and staff on Wednesday tasked Lawrence Community Shelter leadership with providing a more structured plan before they consider its request for $148,000 in additional funding this year. The shelter has faced financial issues in recent years, and in December, its fourth executive director since May 2014 announced her plans to resign, the Journal-World has reported. In addition, the ...
The interim executive director of the Lawrence Community Shelter will soon resign, shelter Board of Directors President Thea Perry told the Journal-World Wednesday evening. Charles Frager, who has served in the role since January, is planning to move out of state, Perry said. His last day will be no later than June 14. In December, the shelter’s executive director announced her plans to resign, the ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday will hear from a firm contracted to help the Lawrence Community Shelter with management, budgeting and other such concerns. Among other items noted in the firm’s report, it suggests the shelter change its mission statement to focus exclusively on providing emergency shelter for individuals and families facing homelessness. Currently, its mission includes providing ...
Hilary Griggs is willing to rise to meet challenges — or stoop to them, if that’s what the job requires. The Yale-bound Bishop Seabury Academy senior said she knows it’s a little bit cliche, but her birds have taught her a lot about the value of hard work. Griggs, 18, said her family first welcomed chickens into her backyard when she was 9 or 10 years old, jumping into the “urban chicken craze.” ...