The Lawrence school district announced that it will take some immediate actions in light of two students bringing guns to Lawrence High School within the span of a week — one on Wednesday, Feb. 6, and one on Tuesday. In an email to media late Tuesday evening, district spokeswoman Julie Boyle said that district and school administrators met to review safety policies, procedures and practices. She also ...
Story updated at 8:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11: The Lawrence school board on Monday will hear an update on the student management software that the district has implemented this year. The rollout of PowerSchool — a single program that has replaced the district’s former student information system, learning management system and a few other applications — began in August. At that time, the Journal-World ...
One problem facing the district’s PowerSchool team is getting the sour taste out of users’ mouths, Kirsten Wondra told the Lawrence school board at its Monday meeting. “That initial impression is hard to rebrand,” said Wondra, the district’s assistant director of learning and technology. “So for me, I think that's probably our biggest challenge, but I will say I think we've got the right team to ...
I’ve occasionally considered going back to school to further my education. The problem is that most graduate programs don’t offer classes that I can complete on my own schedule at home in my pajamas, that have only optional assignments and that are completely free — of cost and of obligations. Fortunately for me, I’ve discovered the perfect school and courses that fit all of my criteria. I recently ...
The percentage of visits with flu-like symptoms to hospital emergency departments is on the rise for county residents, according to the latest data from the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department. In the first and second weeks of February 2018, that number peaked. Friday’s number, about 7 percent, is the highest so far this season; however, last year’s was more than double that at 18 percent. The flu ...
The Lawrence school district doesn’t yet know whether students will need to make up time to meet state requirements after five inclement-weather days so far this year. District spokeswoman Julie Boyle said via email Friday that many staff members had been out of the office with the back-to-back inclement-weather days on Thursday and Friday but that she would provide an update when that information became ...