Lawrence school board members will consider approving a new cellphone policy that would make high school classrooms phone-free during instructional time.
On Monday, school board members will be reviewing a new draft of the high schools cellphone policy – aiming to keep cellphone use out of instructional time – and will consider final approval. The goal is to minimize distractions in the classroom, but make ...
Fifty-eight years ago, in the early hours of a freezing December night, a boiler explosion in a laundry building resulted in a fire of “record proportions” that “destroyed or badly damaged” three buildings in downtown Lawrence from Massachusetts to Vermont streets.
One of those buildings was the “WREN Building" on the northeast corner of Eighth and Vermont streets, which at the time housed ...
Douglas County Administrator Sarah Plinsky will be getting a 19% raise — more than $41,000 above her current base salary — which county commissioners said was appropriate to bring her compensation in line with administrators in nearby communities.
On Wednesday, the County Commission approved Plinsky's base salary increase – the amount before taxes, benefits or other additional compensation. Plinsky’s ...
UPDATED 11:15 A.M. DEC. 4
After approving pay increases for other county employees, Douglas County commissioners will consider a more than 19% increase to the county administrator’s base salary — a raise of more than $41,000.
On Wednesday, commissioners will consider setting the new base salary for County Administrator Sarah Plinsky. Currently, Plinsky's base salary — the amount before taxes, benefits or ...
A former elementary school teacher and counselor with the Lawrence school district was named Kansas' top school counselor, earning a prestigious statewide award.
The Kansas School Counselor Association recently honored Erin Metsker with the Kansas School Counselor of the Year award. Metsker, a counselor with 14 years of experience in education, currently works at the Overbrook Attendance Center in the Santa Fe ...
Larry McElwain was on his way to attend a basketball game in January at Allen Fieldhouse, like he had many times before. This time, though, would be forever different. McElwain collapsed less than 100 yards from the front doors after suffering a heart attack.
Fortunately, two women and a nearby doctor quickly sprang into action, performing CPR until first responders arrived.
“My heart stopped,” McElwain ...
