The Lawrence school district is set to receive a little more than $6 million of federal funding to continue covering costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic. In a plan that was recently approved by the Kansas State Department of Education, the district indicates that it wants to use ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Education plans to use a slice of $830 million in new federal funding for public education to address COVID-19 learning deficits by training K-3 teachers to help students absorb more from their reading. Half of the 10% set aside for the state agency must be ...
A labor union representing the Lawrence school district’s paraeducators grew to include all classified staff on Monday. The Lawrence school board unanimously approved recognizing PAL-CWA as the union representing the staff category that includes custodians, office and cafeteria staff and ...
When Gwen Wedd served as a long-term substitute early in her teaching career in Lawrence, she was originally set to work alongside her father-in-law, the late Ralph Wedd. However, before she began teaching as a physical education teacher at what was then known as South Junior High, Ralph Wedd ...
Noting that the top priority of the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is the safety of the children attending the club, a statement this week from the club’s board of directors said it planned to review recent allegations about its workplace environment and work toward improvement. The ...
As the Lawrence school district prepares to close an elementary school and turn it into an early-childhood facility, departing students have been able to check out the new schools they will be attending. The Lawrence school board on Monday will hear an update about those visits and other ...