Story updated at 8:08 p.m. Friday: The Lawrence school district has reversed course on its plan to delay some “high risk” sports because of an increase of local COVID-19 cases. A day after announcing it would delay competitions of certain sports and activities, the Lawrence school ...
Story updated at 6:02 p.m. Thursday: Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has upgraded its COVID-19 guidance to county schools, which now suggests that schools use hybrid learning options and avoid “high risk” activities. Following the update, the Lawrence school district announced it ...
High school sports in Lawrence are slated to begin this fall, a Lawrence school district administrator said Monday. But the district may soon have the opportunity to move some fall sports seasons to the spring, if it wants to. During a work session on Monday, the Lawrence school board ...
The Lawrence High and Free State High varsity football teams are looking for new Week 1 opponents following Friday’s decision by the Olathe and Shawnee Mission school districts to suspend fall sports because of the spread of COVID-19 in Johnson County. LHS football’s season opener with ...
The Eudora school district will move to fully in-person classes shortly after starting the school year. During a special meeting on Thursday, the Eudora school board approved a recommendation from Superintendent Steve Splichal to have fully in-person classes for the first full week of school. ...
Food service staff at the Lawrence school district may be set to be furloughed during the district’s initial remote learning period. The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider giving the school district’s administration the authority to furlough food service staff for the first six ...
Story updated at 5:15 p.m. Friday TOPEKA — Two large Kansas school districts moved classes online for middle and high-schoolers while public health officials in Topeka imposed stricter crowd size limits to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Wichita school district, the state's biggest ...
Three Lawrence High School students participating in extracurricular activities and a school district administrative staff member have tested positive for the coronavirus. School district officials this week sent three letters to parents and staff informing them of the positive tests among ...
The artwork of a recent Free State High School graduate is up for a national competition hosted by one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Elliot Smith, who graduated from Free State this past spring, said her submission of a Google “doodle” was selected as the Kansas ...
Updated at 5:25 p.m. Thursday Douglas County schools could be in line to host full in-person classes and competitive sports this fall. COVID-19 numbers in Douglas County currently are low enough that the county is ranked in the lowest of risk categories — the green level — local health ...
MISSION — Columbus school district Superintendent Brian Smith has spent the week hauling furniture out of classrooms to make more space for social distancing as students prepare to return next week after a five-month COVID-19-imposed break. “It is almost like you are preparing for ...
A Lawrence high school student is taking action in hopes of outlawing a legal defense strategy he believes is discriminatory against gay and transgender people. Hays Hummel, who will be a junior at Free State High School this fall, recently started a petition to raise awareness about a legal ...
WICHITA — Online schooling got off to a rocky start in Kansas, with teachers quickly piecing together virtual offerings. Parents complained about needing to be constantly involved while the work failed to engage their students. Now faced with sending their children back to a physical ...
The Lawrence school district has backed away from a plan to furlough some classified staff during the upcoming school year's initial period of remote learning. But the district could again consider the option later. The Lawrence school board on Monday was scheduled to consider giving the ...
Projects of all shapes and sizes are vying for their share of nearly $25 million in federal pandemic funding that has been allocated to Douglas County. There’s a nearly half-million-dollar campground for homeless people (recommended for funding) and about $270,000 for tents for outdoor ...
WICHITA — Kansas teachers that don’t feel safe going back to crowded hallways as schools reopen could take medical leave or teach online. But at the many districts that don’t have those options, teachers eye another choice: quitting. Resigning would mean more than losing steady paychecks ...
The Lawrence school district is planning on taking measures to help keep students safe while they participate in athletics and activities amid the coronavirus pandemic this fall. Some of those measures include limiting use of locker rooms and providing specific guidelines for each athletic ...
While Lawrence students won’t step into a classroom until at least October, some other Douglas County students could be receiving in-person education in just a few weeks. The school districts of Baldwin City, Eudora and Perry-Lecompton are all considering plans to begin their academic years ...
The Lawrence school district may soon be able to furlough some staff who administration believes will not be needed during remote learning this fall. The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider giving the district’s administration the ability to furlough classified staff — a category ...
Whenever students end up returning to classrooms, a group of local quilters hopes to make them a bit safer from the coronavirus by providing them with handmade face masks. Some members of the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild, a Lawrence-based club with more than 200 members, are hard at work this ...