Insufficient training caused Lawrence school district staff to be unprepared and overwhelmed by a new program that monitors students’ computer usage for unsafe behaviors, according to Superintendent Anthony Lewis and school board member Ronald “G.R.” Gordon-Ross. During the Dec. 11 ...
The Lawrence school board is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to conduct its annual self-evaluation survey. The self-evaluation survey contains dozens of questions that are designed to gauge the board's current performance in several areas. The categories, according to a draft document of the ...
Before enrolling at the Lawrence College and Career Academy, Soleil Cummins-Grinnell had reached a point in her academic career where she "could not imagine a future for herself." By the time she reached high school, the sophomore said at the Dec. 11 Lawrence school board meeting, she felt ...
Student musicians who play low brass instruments — trombone, baritone and tuba — in Lawrence's four middle school bands will join forces with the University of Kansas for the first "Brassmas" holiday concert. The celebration of brass instruments — scheduled for noon Thursday at the ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday unanimously approved the repurposing of Liberty Memorial Central Middle School to a STEAM-based curricular focus beginning with the 2024-25 school year. "I think our students are going to have an experience unlike anything else we have done in Lawrence," ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday will receive an update on plans for the potential repurposing of Liberty Memorial Central Middle School to a special curriculum that blends the "STEAM” fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The idea for repurposing LMCMS came ...