Scenarios for school consolidationHere are four scenarios for school consolidation set to be discussed Monday evening by the Central and East Lawrence Elementary School Consolidation Working Group, which meets at 7 p.m. at Lawrence school district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive:• ...
Lawrence police officers and detectives are continuing their investigation into a written bomb threat that led to canceled classes Thursday at Free State High School.The threat had been taped to the front door at the school, 4700 Overland Drive. It was found early Thursday morning. ...
The Lawrence school district’s use of standards-based grading for sixth-graders has some fans, after all.Support for the grading system — which gives students “S,” “M,” “T” and “E” grades based on approaching, satisfying or exceeding state standards — is showing up through ...
By now you’ve likely heard about opponents of the Lawrence school district’s use of standards-based grading for sixth-graders new this year to middle schools.But what about the folks behind an alternate effort, a petition that actually supports the use of such grades? According to the ...
Makeup day? MaybeSo, will Free State High School students need to make up class time lost to Thursday’s bomb threat?“It’s yet to be determined,” said Kyle Hayden, chief operations officer for the Lawrence school district.The state mandates that students spend a minimum number of hours ...
Lawrence school district officials said a police search of Free State High School — the target of a written bomb threat Thursday morning — has turned up nothing suspicious.Classes will resume at the school on Friday, according to Julie Boyle, district spokeswoman. She said after-school and ...
Turns out Lawrence isn’t the only place where some folks are upset about the use of standards-based grades in schools.While opposition in Lawrence is focused on the use of such grades for sixth-graders — new this year to reconfigured middle schools — a district in Washington state is ...
The Lawrence school district’s “informational discussion” Tuesday regarding standards-based grading in middle schools included plenty of — you guessed it — information, both during formal presentations and the responses they generated.Here are three items folks may find of ...
Parents concerned about the use of standards-based grading in Lawrence middle schools took their questions, concerns and frustrations directly to the folks in charge Tuesday night.Now the opponents are looking for changes, with many seeking a system based solely on traditional letter grades in ...
Each of the “Grading for Learning” informational forums tonight and Wednesday will, in fact, include a chance for attendees to ask questions of district officials during a large-group setting.Such a format has been sought by some opponents of the district’s use of standards-based grading ...
Nearly half of all students in the Lawrence school district either already have or soon will be taking a new assessment test, one devised by the district to help guide math instruction.The new 25-question test is being administered in third through eighth grades, part of a year of “field ...
Ideas are emerging for consolidating elementary schools in the Lawrence school district, including two ideas that would combine New York and Kennedy schools at an expanded, and possibly relocated, site of the former East Heights School.Representatives from four schools met a Sunday deadline for ...
A Kansas University student and Marine Corps veteran thinks recent changes to the GI Bill are unfair to veterans who attend public universities as out-of-state residents.And Sara Sneath, a KU junior who qualifies as an in-state resident, is asking the Kansas Legislature next session to pass a ...
Parents, teachers and others interested in — or perturbed by — the use of standards-based grading in Lawrence middle schools are welcome to attend informational forums this week.The forums, called Grading for Learning, are set for 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Each are expected ...
Bria Carder can still go to prom, still hang out with friends at Cardinals football games and still look forward to sitting for her senior pictures.Even while living and attending classes 245 miles away.Carder, a senior at Eudora High School, is in her second year as a student in the Kansas ...
Hartford, Conn. ? Like many humanities advocates, Abbey Drane was disheartened but not surprised when Florida’s governor recently said its tax dollars should bolster science and high-tech studies, not “educate more people who can’t get jobs in anthropology.”Drane, a 21-year-old ...
After listening to principals, teachers and site council members, Superintendent Rick Doll has compiled a list of priorities for budget-challenged programs, services and personnel that should be part of basic elementary education in the Lawrence school district.Topping the list:Full-day ...
When it comes to buying the latest, greatest and fastest high-tech equipment, software and services, it turns out the Lawrence school district isn’t all that different from anyone else.“It’s just like home,” said Mark Bradford, president of the Lawrence school board. “You’ll always ...
A Douglas County judge Wednesday ordered a 19-year-old Eudora man to serve one year on probation, perform 200 hours of community service and help repay insurance costs for vandalizing the Eudora school district’s stadium in July.“I would just like the courtroom to know that I am truly sorry ...
Ongoing donations to the Lawrence school district’s preschool program remain cause for celebration, and an event next month will honor both a community volunteer and a friend of the program.The Lawrence Schools Foundation will conduct its annual Early Childhood Reception at 9 a.m. Dec. 8 in ...