As of this year, all of Kansas' community mental health centers are operating under a model that gives them more reimbursement for their services and helps ensure people can receive care regardless of their ability to pay, and leaders spoke more about it at a town hall meeting in Lawrence on Monday.
The model is called a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, or CCBHC, and it focuses on providing ...
The opening of the Ballard Center’s new pantry comes at a critical moment — just as many Kansans may see a delay to food benefits amid a prolonged government shutdown.
Even though no kids were at the Ballard Center on Friday, several cars were in its parking lot as volunteers were seen working to move products from one building to another. The new building houses the organization’s pantry – offering an ...
Douglas County school districts saw mixed enrollment trends this year, as some gained students while others continued to face declines amid a statewide trend of declining enrollment.
Kansas has an enrollment count day where school districts take a student head count to determine state funding for schools. The count day is traditionally on Sept. 20, but in 2025, it was on Monday, Sept. 22 since the 20th was on ...
Updated at 7:36 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025
Although the Lawrence school district has stopped using Gaggle, it is now using a different student monitoring software — and its use was not voted on by board members or mentioned in court documents filed Monday.
The school district implemented Gaggle in 2023 on its devices to hone in on on keywords within students’ emails and online accounts that could ...
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 ...
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 ...
