The Lawrence school district will be making changes to its meal program for children beginning Monday, in an effort to reduce risks to staff, volunteers and families. The district, which had been providing free grab-and-go breakfast and lunch on weekdays, will now offer meals only on Mondays ...
A Lawrence man accused of possessing child pornography has been employed in two positions working with or around children, the Journal-World has found. Bruce S. Springsteen, 62, was charged March 6 with three counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The complaint filed against him alleges ...
Midco is working with local school districts to make sure that students learning from home because of the coronavirus outbreak have the internet access they need to study remotely. In a message sent to schools about why Midco is providing the free service, the company states that Midco ...
As the Lawrence school district prepares to launch remote learning next week, Superintendent Anthony Lewis said he understood parents are handling a lot right now and the transition into learning from home would be gradual. At the Lawrence school board’s meeting Monday, Lewis said he ...
More than a dozen vehicles with New York Elementary school teachers gathered at about noon on Monday for an informal "porch parade" through the New York school neighborhood in eastern Lawrence. Teachers at other schools throughout Lawrence held similar parades Monday afternoon, driving through ...
As parents in the Lawrence school district wait to hear plans regarding the resumption of the school year through remote learning, some are wary of the loss of the social aspects of school, as students will be mostly learning from home. Meanwhile, teachers are concerned the new remote learning ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider reducing high school graduation requirements for the current school year to help seniors graduate on time amid school closures for the coronavirus pandemic. The school district currently has a requirement for high school students to earn 23 ...
Nyasha McVay’s friends were showing her what dresses they were going to wear to prom. She was still just trying to decide on a color. But that was before the spreading coronavirus prompted the governor to close Kansas’ schools for the rest of the school year, and before Lawrence’s high ...
Story updated at 5:25 p.m. Thursday TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers on Thursday extended a state of emergency prompted by the coronavirus crisis after making sure it gave the GOP-controlled Legislature oversight over the actions of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. The Senate voted 39-0 and the House ...
Kansas students will still keep doing school work — perhaps up to three hours of remote learning per day for older students — under guidelines being unveiled as part of the state's response to the COVID-19 virus. Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson stressed Thursday that Kansas ...
Story last updated at 6:06 p.m. Wednesday After orders to close school facilities, Lawrence public school employees will continue to be paid through the end of the academic year, the district announced late Wednesday afternoon. But long-term plans are still being developed for some other area ...
With schools, businesses and other organizations shut down to help stop the spread of the COVID-19, some Lawrence residents — particularly schoolchildren — may have been left without the opportunity to eat a meal. But the school district and many Lawrence businesses and organizations are ...
Story updated at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday closed Kansas' public and private K-12 schools for the rest of the spring semester, moving education online throughout the state to try to lessen the spread of the new coronavirus. Kelly also said that starting Monday, most of ...
The Lawrence school district will begin offering free breakfast and lunch for pickup by children at several of its buildings around town. Classes remain suspended after the Lawrence-Douglas County health department on Friday ordered all public and private schools closed for two weeks because ...
A group of about 30 Bishop Seabury Academy students on an international trip returned to Lawrence on Sunday amid travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The group traveled to Greece last week for an educational spring break trip and had originally intended to head back to ...
Story updated at 7:04 p.m. Friday Douglas County's health department said Friday afternoon that it will be closing local public and private schools, indoor parks and recreation facilities and public libraries for two weeks in response to the spread of the new coronavirus. Douglas County's ...
UPDATED STORY: Douglas County health department prohibits large gatherings, orders 2-week closure of schools, rec centers, libraries A pair of area school districts are contemplating how to hold classes as coronavirus fears mount, and one of them is telling parents to begin thinking now ...
A group of Bishop Seabury Academy students spending their spring break in Greece are cutting their trip short to head back home amid federal travel restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus. About 30 students from Bishop Seabury on Thursday were in Athens as part of an educational ...
UPDATED STORY: Douglas County health department prohibits large gatherings, orders 2-week closure of schools, rec centers, libraries Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis said in a Thursday message to parents and guardians that the school district would resume classes Monday. But Lewis ...
As Kansas’ public universities prepare to shut down their campuses in light of the growing coronavirus pandemic, the state’s K-12 education leader said school districts must look to their local health departments for guidance on possible closures. State Education Commissioner Randy Watson ...