The Lawrence school district is asking the public to weigh in on the characteristics that make an ideal high school graduate.
Two input sessions for "Portrait of a Graduate" are slated for this week. One session will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive. A second session is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence High School, 1901 Louisiana St.
The event is ...
It started out as Lawrence’s high school and a memorial to local young men who died in World War I. Now a middle school and one of Lawrence’s most iconic buildings, Liberty Memorial Central Middle School is set to celebrate its 100th anniversary next weekend.
The Nov. 12 anniversary celebration for the school at 1400 Massachusetts St. will be a large community celebration, said Emily Mulligan, a volunteer ...
Every day, Douglas County's new behavioral health crisis center has one or two patients who could benefit from longer-term treatment at a psychiatric hospital like Osawatomie State Hospital — but it can't send them there because of a lack of beds and the hospitals' guidelines for which patients they accept.
That’s what local mental health leaders from the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County and ...
At a small public gathering on Monday, members of the Lawrence school board heard concerns about the mental health of elementary school students affected by school closures, as well as challenges that have arisen in getting children safely to school.
The informal discussion at Schwegler Elementary School, called "Beyond the Boardroom," was attended by five community members, two administrators and all school ...
Douglas County's new behavioral health treatment center has served nearly 800 people since its opening in April, and patients have been staying about two days on average, according to statistics that county leaders will discuss in more detail on Wednesday.
At a work session before the Douglas County Commission's meeting on Wednesday, Director of Behavioral Health Projects Bob Tryanski will present a ...
Lawrence-area high school students can learn more about an exchange program that sends young people to different parts of the U.S. at an informational meeting Wednesday at the Lawrence Public Library.
The first area residents to participate in the American Exchange Project took their trips this summer, and Sonja Czarnecki, a Bishop Seabury history teacher who oversees the program for area residents, said she ...
