Douglas County residents soon may be asked to pay a new property tax to support a Lawrence-based technical school. Kevin Kelley, CEO of the Dwayne Peaslee Technical Training Center, told the Journal-World on Friday that the school wants to receive permission from the Kansas Legislature to ask ...
The Lawrence school board on Thursday formally adopted criteria for guidance on how to conduct school amid the coronavirus pandemic, adding more criteria to consider than local health officials have previously. The board’s criteria is based on the Kansas State Department of Education’s ...
The Lawrence school board will meet for a special meeting to continue discussions about its COVID-19 guidance. Board President Kelly Jones called for the board to meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss which criteria it wants to use for its version of guidance that outlines how the district ...
WICHITA — Between concerns about schools staying open and the challenges of learning remotely, teachers and students are haunted by another question that goes beyond 2020: Will snow days disappear forever? Schools invested in both the knowhow and technology to teach students remotely. In the ...
The 2020-21 high school winter sports season will start on time, though there will be a longer break before competition resumes in January. And there won’t be any spectators allowed at these competitions until at least Jan. 29. During a meeting on Tuesday that lasted about four hours — and ...
Story updated at 11:19 a.m. Wednesday The Lawrence school board has voted to not adopt the local health department’s school coronavirus guidance, and it intends to create its own version with more criteria to consider. On Monday, the board voted 4-3 against adopting Lawrence-Douglas County ...
Some students and staff of the Lawrence school district will soon be tested for the coronavirus while at school. The Lawrence school district’s COVID-19 task force explained to the school board Monday a new initiative to provide a testing program for students and staff that will begin next ...
The Lawrence school board will soon review recently solicited community thoughts about how the district is conducting school amid the coronavirus pandemic. During its meeting on Monday, the school board will hear an update from district administration about how the district has been operating ...
Douglas County schools will be able to continue using forms of in-person learning for at least another week as the average number of new COVID-19 cases began to drop this week. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced Thursday that its guidance to schools would remain in the orange tier ...
Although the Lawrence school district recently announced plans to continue winter sports amid the coronavirus pandemic, one of those sports might be on the brink of being canceled. During a special meeting last week, the Lawrence school board decided to continue discussion around whether ...
Less than a week after shutting down its high school, the Eudora school district announced the rest of its students would also switch to remote learning because of a spike in COVID-19 cases within the district. Eudora Superintendent Steve Splichal said Monday in an email to Eudora families ...
Story updated at 10:52 p.m. Thursday While Douglas County continues to see increasing cases of COVID-19, the local health department is not recommending students return to fully remote learning. Despite Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s guidance to schools upgrading to its orange tier ...
Story updated at 3:52 p.m. Wednesday Two school districts serving Douglas County students are set to again use remote learning as COVID-19 cases in the area continue to rise. And based on recently released data, it’s possible the other two school districts in the county will be joining them ...
Topeka — Kansas’ largest public school district has scrapped plans to allow its middle and high school students to attend some in-person classes, and three counties have imposed new restrictions inspired by the coronavirus pandemic. The moves by local officials come as the state works to ...
Lawrence school district Superintendent Anthony Lewis is recommending that the school district’s winter athletic and activity programs continue this school year, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During the school board’s regular meeting on Monday, Lewis said he felt comfortable ...
As the Lawrence school district completes its weekslong transition to hybrid learning on Monday, parents may be wary that their children could be sent back to remote learning if community spread of the coronavirus continues to increase. But it's also possible, and maybe even more likely, that ...
The Lawrence school district is expecting a shortfall of $1 million this school year because of a recent enrollment drop, and school board members will soon learn more about how the district's budget could be affected. During its meeting Monday, the Lawrence school board will hear a budget ...
The Lawrence youth vote came out strong this week for Joe Biden as local students continued an election-year tradition of casting ballots in important races, including the U.S. presidency. Although their votes didn’t technically count, thousands of Lawrence students made their voices heard ...
Guidance to Douglas County schools on how to operate amid the coronavirus pandemic will remain the same for another week as key indicators began heading in the wrong direction. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced Thursday that it was keeping its recommendation in the yellow tier, ...
When it comes to technology, small changes can make a big difference. And that’s the case a Lawrence resident is making as he tries to bring a school technology initiative to town. Steve Lerner, a clinical psychologist in Lawrence, is working on an initiative that his son Matt started in the ...