With Kennedy Elementary School scheduled to close down, its principal has been chosen to take over the same position at a school nearby. The Lawrence school district announced Thursday that Chalita Middleton, who has led Kennedy since 2017, has been selected as the next principal at Prairie ...
The Lawrence school district recently honored two of its educators for excellence in teaching. Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced Barbara Tholen, Lawrence High School’s journalism adviser and graphic design teacher, as the district’s 2021 Master Teacher, according to a district news ...
Members of Free State High School’s speech and forensics team are heading to national tournaments once again. The team will also be looking to retain its state title next month. Kelly Thompson, Free State’s speech and debate coach, recently told the Journal-World in an email that the ...
Starting next fall, Lawrence’s Kennedy Elementary will no longer educate K-5 students after the school board approved a plan to close the school. The Lawrence school district plans to turn the building into an early-childhood education community center, with outside organizations initially ...
The fate of Lawrence’s Kennedy Elementary School could soon be decided. During its meeting on Monday, the Lawrence school board will consider approving the district’s plan to close the east Lawrence school to turn it into an early-childhood education community center. The change would ...
The Eudora High School Science Olympiad team’s 2020-21 season was a classic example of practice making perfect. After starting its season in the fall by placing 177th out of 200 in a virtual national tournament, the Eudora team finished its season as champions in the Kansas Science Olympiad ...
TOPEKA — Conservative Republican lawmakers on Wednesday tied funding for Kansas' public schools to a proposal that would allow parents of academically struggling students to use state dollars to pay for private schooling. Republican negotiators for the state House and Senate drafted the ...
Ronald “G.R.” Gordon-Ross always planned to serve more than one term on the Lawrence school board. Now he has thrown his hat in the ring to make that happen. Gordon-Ross, 46, who was first elected in 2017, recently filed for reelection to the board. He is the first person to file for the ...
The Lawrence school board formally hired a new elementary education leader during a special meeting on Monday. The board unanimously approved the district selection of Kristen Ryan, who is currently the principal of Southwest Middle School, as the new director of elementary schools. She will ...
Changing Lawrence’s Kennedy Elementary School into an early-childhood community center — resulting in students being moved to other schools — appears to be driven by one simple factor: money. Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis recently told the Kennedy staff and families during a ...
The Lawrence school district has selected a familiar face to serve as the new administrative leader for elementary education. The school board on Monday will consider hiring Kristen Ryan, who is currently the principal of Lawrence’s Southwest Middle School, as the new director of elementary ...
The Lawrence school district is planning for graduation ceremonies to occur at their usual times this spring, but how they will be conducted as the coronavirus pandemic continues is not yet clear. District spokeswoman Julie Boyle told the Journal-World this week that the district planned for ...
A Lawrence educator has been recognized as a regional semifinalist for the Kansas Teacher of the Year award. The Kansas State Department of Education on Sunday announced in a news release that Shari Flakus, of Billy Mills Middle School, was one of six teachers of the second region, which ...
Lawrence High School’s yearbook staff has been recognized nationally by one of the most prestigious awards for student journalists. The Lawrence school district recently announced LHS’ Red & Black yearbook was named a finalist for a 2020 Pacemaker award. The Pacemakers, which are ...
A new principal will be in charge of Lawrence’s Prairie Park Elementary School next year, as the current leader will resign at the end of the school year. The Lawrence school district announced earlier this week that Principal Shannon Harrelson will leave the position on June 30. Her ...
Lawrence’s Kennedy Elementary School could soon become an early-childhood community center, meaning the K-5 students currently attending school there would begin learning elsewhere. During the Lawrence school board meeting on Monday, Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced that the district ...
Enrollment in English classes for native speakers of other languages in the Lawrence school district has decreased significantly in recent years, according to the district's new report on its English to Speakers of Other Languages, or ESOL, program. The Lawrence school board will hear a ...
Mission — After a dreary year spent largely at home in front of the computer, many U.S. children could be looking at summer school — and that’s just what many parents want. Although the last place most kids want to spend summer is in a classroom, experts say that after a year of ...
Douglas County’s school virus guidance will remain at its lowest tier for the sixth straight week as key metrics for the spread of COVID-19 remain low. On Thursday, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that its guidance to schools would stay in the green tier, which recommends ...
Story updated at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday: TOPEKA — A Republican proposal to require all Kansas public schools to offer every student full in-person classes by March 26 failed Tuesday in the state House after some lawmakers complained that it would take too much power away from local school ...