To address the growing need for additional preschool opportunities, the Lawrence school district will be opening additional capacity at several elementary schools later this month. Previously, the district’s primary early childhood programming was located at Kennedy Early Childhood Center ...
Collision Leaders of Lawrence donated over $1,000 worth of school supplies to Sunflower Elementary School. Several employees from the auto body and repair shop stopped by Sunflower Elementary on Wednesday afternoon to donate boxes of paper as well as backpacks with pencils, notebooks, ...
Lawrence school board members on Monday heard about the principles that will guide the district in creating a new artificial intelligence policy, which is expected to be proposed before the next school year. Although the board is still some time away from seeing a draft of the policy, district ...
The Lawrence school board president wants to bring public comment back to school board meetings, but – at least right now – is proposing only letting people speak about specific agenda items being discussed, and not allowing comments via videoconference. The school board hasn’t had a ...
The Lawrence school board next week will continue discussing its 2026-2027 budget and hear a report from staff about artificial intelligence. Few details on either topic were shared in the agenda for Monday's board meeting; no documents about them were attached as of Friday morning. But the ...
The Lawrence school district has introduced the key elements shaping the budget for 2026-2027, and staff is proposing a property tax rate decrease. The school district notified the Douglas County Clerk in July that the mill levy – also known as the property tax rate – for the 2026-2027 ...