Story updated at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday: The Lawrence school board has selected former school board member Ronald “GR” Gordon-Ross to fill a vacant board seat. As part of a special meeting on Tuesday, the board picked Gordon-Ross from three remaining candidates following an interview process. ...
Wichita — On the first day of school at Enterprise Elementary, Kasey Curmode gathered her second-graders on the carpet and posed a question: “What makes a good classmate?” Someone who shares, one student said. Someone who says, ‘You’re really nice,’ said another child, or ‘You ...
The Lawrence school board will have a special meeting Tuesday to interview four candidates to fill a vacant board seat. As part of its regular meeting last week, the board selected the four candidates from 13 applications that the board received to fill the seat of former board member Andrew ...
About 3,400 children in the Lawrence school district have family incomes low enough to qualify for free meals this school year, about 900 more children than last year. Applications continue to be processed, but so far, 911 more students qualified for free meals — meaning their families have ...
The Lawrence school district announced Friday that it worked with police to investigate two unrelated threats, both of which were determined to be unfounded. In a news release, the district said it worked with the Lawrence Police Department to investigate two unrelated reports of students ...
Paychecks for the Lawrence school district’s classified staff are arriving slightly late due to a processing error. Wednesday is payday for the district’s classified staff members, which include paraeducators, custodians, food service workers, clerical and secretarial staff and other ...