Lawrence schools will no longer offer driver education classes, after the school board approved discontinuing the program earlier this week at its board meeting. Previously, the course had been offered to students 14 and older in June for a $225 fee. Driver education was one of a handful of courses deleted from the district’s course description booklet, along with a pair of biology courses and a class ...
The Lawrence school district's Boundary Advisory Committee now has several more school closure scenarios to consider — but it could also be poised to eliminate a proposal that would involve closing multiple school buildings. At its meeting on Wednesday, the committee received information about a handful of new and updated cost-saving scenarios, many of which still involve closing some neighborhood elementary ...
The process of selecting a new health officer for Douglas County is still underway, but the goal is to have a recommendation for a replacement next month. Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department Director Dan Partridge spoke with the Journal-World this week about replacing outgoing Health Officer Dr. Thomas Marcellino and about other topics related to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to Marcellino's ...
After a lengthy public comment session and discussion about proposed school closures, the Lawrence school board on Monday eventually tackled its agenda items, including approving additional vacation around Thanksgiving. Students and staff will now get a full week off at Thanksgiving, and 12-month staff will get an additional paid holiday for Juneteenth. Other calendar items approved for the district’s ...
The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is set to honor three candidates at the 2022 Youth of the Year ceremony this week. The event, set for 7 p.m. Thursday at Liberty Hall, “celebrates the life-long relationships that kids develop with the Boys & Girls Club,” a news release from the club reads. This year’s nominees for the award are Free State High School freshman Ohene Danso, Lawrence High School ...
Douglas County added another coronavirus death Monday, but the number of new cases reported to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health since its last update is significantly lower than the number added between previous recent reports. The county’s latest death was a man in the 65-74 age category and brings the total number of deaths since March of 2020 to 121. Meanwhile, the number of new COVID-19 cases added ...