With enrollment and state aid decreasing, the Lawrence school board approved a maximum property tax rate with a slight increase from last year, aiming to offset the funding gap. On Monday, school board members approved the maximum mill levy – or property tax rate – of 52.333 mills. Once ...
A teenage boy has been charged with a felony after he allegedly took a nude photo of a younger special needs student last spring and shared it, and the Lawrence Police Department has acknowledged that the case was initially mishandled. The student, a juvenile whom the Journal-World is not ...
Lawrence school board members are set to begin discussions next week on the 2025-2026 school year budget, and they'll consider setting a maximum property tax rate slightly higher than the previous year's rate. While little information on the budget was included in the school board’s meeting ...
A group of current and former students is suing the Lawrence school district in federal court, alleging the district is using software technology to illegally conduct “drag-net searches and seizures” of the students’ digital files. The federal lawsuit filed earlier this month challenges ...
Families in the Lawrence school district will be able to gear up for the school year at the Kids Expo with resources, shoes, haircuts, school supplies and more. The Lawrence Schools Foundation will host the second annual Kids Expo on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the school ...
When the Eudora school district opened its Early Learning Center a year ago, not all of its classrooms were in use. But now, with growing enrollment, the facility will use every room and has expanded its playground space. At maximum capacity, the Early Learning Center, which is housed at the ...