The Lawrence school district has stopped using Gaggle software on its devices, and attorneys for the district filed a motion to dismiss many claims in a lawsuit filed by former and current students who have claimed the monitoring technology is unconstitutional. The school district signed a contract with Gaggle in 2023 for $162,000, and according to a declaration submitted by Superintendent Jeanice Swift on ...
At the former Pinckney school building, young adults in the Lawrence school district's special education programs are learning life skills like cooking and cleaning in simulated apartments, and starting next semester they'll have the chance to work at the on-site bakery too. Lawrence school board members heard about the progress at the building, which is now known as Community Connections at Pinckney, during ...
Citing "personal circumstances," Lawrence school board member Anne Costello has resigned her position on the board effective immediately. As a part of the school board's consent agenda on Monday, the board voted to accept the resignation of Costello as well as publish the notice of the board's vacancy. Costello, who was serving a four-year term and first elected in 2023, was not in attendance at the board ...
Lawrence school board members will consider approving the board's legislative priorities on Monday, emphasizing its commitment to closing opportunity gaps for students and preparing them for college and careers. Each year, the board revises the legislative priorities statement for the Lawrence school district and creates the basis for advocacy efforts and informing its legislative partners of the greatest ...
Douglas County commissioners have approved geological testing at a solar farm site north of Lawrence, but a judge will now decide whether the testing violates an existing court order in an ongoing lawsuit against the project. Developers of the Kansas Sky Energy Center — a proposed 159-megawatt solar farm covering 1,105 acres in Douglas County — requested on Wednesday to start geological and soil testing at ...
While a lawsuit has stopped construction from beginning on a solar facility north of Lawrence, the County Commission will consider whether or not to begin geological testing on the site on Wednesday. The developers of the Kansas Sky Energy Center – a proposed $234 million solar farm near the Midland Junction area of northern Douglas County – are hoping to begin testing the soil and the site’s geology in ...