Claflin — Barton County residents will decide whether to break up with their school district and “start fresh” following heartbreak and anger over the closure of a rural community’s high school. The change could result in hundreds of students displaced and three more schools shut ...
Lawrence's St. John Catholic School on Friday announced the hiring of a new principal. Longtime Lawrence educator Jeff Harkin has been named to lead the parish school at 1234 Kentucky St., which teaches preschool through eighth grade. Harkin grew up attending Catholic schools in Iowa ...
The Lawrence school board voted Monday to approve union contracts for certified and classified staff — as well as non-represented district administration for the 2023-24 school year. A combined $6.65 million was added to the salary pool for personnel districtwide. The classified salary pool ...
This year could bring significant change in the composition of the Lawrence school board because five seats are up for grabs in the November general election. But in the Aug. 1 primary, voters will be focusing on just one of those seats. It's a special two-year term to fill the seat vacated ...
New contracts that include millions of dollars in raises for teachers and many other Lawrence school district employees are nearly final, and the Lawrence school board is poised to take the ultimate step on Monday night. At its meeting Monday, the school board will vote on whether to ratify ...
A longtime coach wants to do his part for youth baseball and softball in Lawrence. Dirk Wedd spent 40 years coaching football and baseball at the high school and collegiate levels, spending more than half that tenure at Lawrence High School. Five years removed from his coaching career, he is ...