Lawrence school board members will consider school meal increases for the 2026-2027 school year on Monday. The changes include a $0.15 increase to paid student lunch prices and a $0.10 increase in paid student breakfast prices compared to meal prices in 2025-2026. For elementary school students, lunches will cost $3.25. Middle school lunches will be priced at $3.45, and high school lunch meals will cost ...
A federal judge has ordered the Lawrence school district to pay attorney fees to students in a lawsuit over the district's use of monitoring software after violating the Kansas Open Records Act. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Vratil ruled that the Lawrence school district did not act in good faith after not responding within the required timeframe to students’ Kansas Open Records Act requests. ...
DCCCA celebrated the opening of its new housing community on Thursday, designed to help women in recovery and their children build stability, access treatment and transition toward permanent housing. At least 100 guests attended the open house event, which featured food trucks, a resource fair and property tours of DCCCA’s new transitional housing community called, “Hope Rising.” There was also a ...
Behavioral health leaders are exploring the idea of a "clubhouse" that would provide adults with serious mental illness a non-clinical space to build skills, connections and independence. A key objective in the behavioral health focus area of the county’s Community Health Improvement Plan – a five-year road map for health and well-being in a community – is to establish a “Clubhouse Model” by 2028 to ...
A Douglas County supportive housing program helping chronically homeless residents secure stable housing has generated an estimate of nearly $108,000 in public service savings, according to a new county analysis. A work session was requested by the Douglas County Commission to provide an update on the county’s Flexible Housing Pool program – which is funded to help chronically homeless households transition ...
A Democratic challenger, Milton Scott has filed to take on the incumbent for the Douglas County Commission's 1st District seat. Scott, who previously ran for Lawrence City Commission in 2021, will be facing incumbent Patrick Kelly in the Democratic primary election. Scott said he was running for County Commission because he wanted a government that would deliver property tax relief, balance the budget and put ...