Applications are now being accepted for membership in an advisory group for the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County. The TRC, which opened in April, is operated by Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and is designed to assist community members with behavioral health and/or substance use crises, including inpatient stays of up to 72 hours. The advisory group, according to a news release Friday ...
More details about the size of a proposed renovation of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center are expected to be presented at Wednesday's Douglas County Commission meeting. While plans have since evolved, commissioners were told in May that the county’s courtrooms were much smaller than typical courtrooms in other jurisdictions. Jeff Lane, the principal architect with TreanorHL overseeing the project, said ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday unanimously approved the repurposing of Liberty Memorial Central Middle School to a STEAM-based curricular focus beginning with the 2024-25 school year. "I think our students are going to have an experience unlike anything else we have done in Lawrence," LMCMS eighth-grade teacher Laura Leonard told the Journal-World. Dialogue surrounding the STEAM curriculum, which stands ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday will receive an update on plans for the potential repurposing of Liberty Memorial Central Middle School to a special curriculum that blends the "STEAM” fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The idea for repurposing LMCMS came amid declining enrollment and the closures of Pinckney and Broken Arrow elementary schools earlier this year. In February ...
Last winter, Quentin Rials’ future was suddenly thrown into doubt after he faced a life-threatening medical emergency that required open-heart surgery. Now, just a year later, he has not only overcome the health crisis, but has claimed the top post at his alma mater. “This is my dream job,” Rials said after he was named the Lawrence High School principal last week. He had been serving as the interim ...
Medicaid expansion, criminal justice reform, and a repeal of a Kansas law defining what bathrooms transgender individuals can use are among a host of items that Douglas County leaders have tentatively identified as items they hope state legislators tackle in 2024. But county commissioners at Wednesday's meeting didn't approve the county's annual legislative priorities statement because Commission Chair Patrick ...