Whenever students end up returning to classrooms, a group of local quilters hopes to make them a bit safer from the coronavirus by providing them with handmade face masks. Some members of the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild, a Lawrence-based club with more than 200 members, are hard at work this ...
The Lawrence school district is set to begin fall sports in August, despite not starting the academic year until after Labor Day. Julie Boyle, spokeswoman for the Lawrence school district, said Friday that the school district had decided it would follow the guidance of the Kansas State High ...
The summer conditioning program for Free State High School’s football team has been shut down after a student-athlete tested positive for the coronavirus. Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the Lawrence school district, said the team’s workout program has been suspended through Aug. 6 because ...
A motion to delay the start of fall high school sports competitions in Kansas failed by a vote of 5-4 during Tuesday’s meeting of the Kansas State High School Activities Association’s executive board. As a result, all fall sports and activities programs will be allowed to start practices ...
Story updated at 11:49 p.m. Monday The Lawrence school year will begin about three weeks later than originally scheduled, with fully remote learning, because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Lawrence school board on Monday unanimously approved pushing the start of the school year ...
An Education Unified Command team including leaders from health, government, business and education sectors will strive to provided a coordinated reopening and response strategy among education institutions, a Monday news release from the health department stated. “Our schools cannot do it ...
The Lawrence school district will soon decide whether it will push back the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During its meeting on Monday, the Lawrence school board will hear an update from its task force that is working on how the school ...
Topeka — Several of Kansas’ largest school districts have voted not to resume classes until after Labor Day because of the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. The Wichita district’s school board voted Thursday to delay school until after the holiday and also approved two online ...
Lawrence High School has named its next associate principal. Mark Preut, who currently serves as an assistant principal for the school, has been promoted to the position, the Lawrence school district announced in a news release on Thursday. Preut will replace Margene Brohammer, who recently ...
Story updated at 4:51 p.m. Thursday TOPEKA — Kansas' Republican attorney general said Thursday that he believes both counties and local school districts can exempt themselves from the Democratic governor's coronavirus-inspired order requiring schools to have staff and students wear ...
Updated at 3:53 p.m. Wednesday The 10-member Kansas State Board of Education on Wednesday failed to approve an executive order from Gov. Laura Kelly that would delay a reopening of public schools in the state three weeks to give local school districts more time to prepare for safely reopening ...
A Lawrence High School leader is leaving the school to take a position out of state. The Lawrence school district recently announced in a news release that Margene Brohammer, who served as associate principal at LHS for the last 10 years, has resigned from the position. Brohammer has accepted ...
Masks joined caps and gowns as essential graduation attire Saturday at Lawrence's high schools, where seniors finally gathered for ceremonies that had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Free State graduates gathered at their school's outdoor stadium Saturday morning, while Lawrence High ...
The Lawrence school district’s graduation ceremonies this weekend will now use a staggered entry and exit approach. The school district announced late Thursday that it had modified plans for the Saturday graduation ceremonies for Lawrence High School and Free State High School in an effort ...
Update 4:55 p.m. Thursday Despite rising cases of COVID-19 in Douglas County, hundreds of Lawrence high school seniors will be gathering for graduation ceremonies this weekend. Although the number of people who attend the events will likely surpass the county’s current 45-person gathering ...
Story updated at 4:53 p.m. Wednesday TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly plans to keep Kansas' K-12 schools closed until after the Labor Day holiday in September as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to increase in the state. Kelly announced the plan during a news conference Wednesday and ...
UPDATED STORY: Kansas governor says she’ll delay reopening of K-12 schools until after Labor Day • • • Original story: TOPEKA — Kansas’ state school board on Wednesday approved guidelines aimed at helping K-12 schools reopen safely next month, even as members wondered whether ...
With about a month left before school is scheduled to begin, it is unclear whether Lawrence students will return to their school buildings this fall. Deputy Superintendent Anna Stubblefield said during the Lawrence school board’s meeting on Monday that the district has not yet made any ...
The details of the fall semester for K-12 schools in Kansas will become clearer Wednesday, as Gov. Laura Kelly will announce her administration's plan for how the state's children will be educated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and ...
In the morning heat this summer, several Lawrence youths have been getting their hands dirty by taking care of a robust garden just outside of West Middle School. While the gardeners, ages 14 to 20, could be sleeping in like many of their classmates, some recently told the Journal-World why ...