Lawrence high school students will be able to start their school days later next school year, but they will not be required to do so. Rather than pushing back the entire school day to begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4:05 p.m., which was originally under consideration, the school district ...
The Lawrence school district may take legal action against an e-cigarette company for its role in what the board considers to be an epidemic in schools. The school board on Monday will consider joining a lawsuit against Juul, a large e-cigarette producer. The lawsuit aims to recoup money the ...
Although private schools in Lawrence have seen enrollment grow at a steady pace in recent years, they do not appear to be the culprit for the drop in enrollment at Lawrence public schools for the 2019-2020 school year. During a headcount in September, the school district found a decrease of ...
Lawrence High School’s student newspaper has been nationally recognized once again. The National Scholastic Press Association last month awarded the newspaper, The Budget, with the Pacemaker Award, according to the organization’s website. The Pacemaker is considered to be the most ...
Jessica Larsen could hardly believe it when she heard Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis name her as a top teacher for the school district on Wednesday. “I’m stunned,” she told the students and faculty of Hillcrest Elementary School. “Thank you so much.” Larsen — an English as ...
Lawrence Public Schools Superintendent Anthony Lewis has been appointed to the Kansas African American Affairs Commission by Gov. Laura Kelly. In a Wednesday news release, Kelly called Lewis "highly qualified to be an important contributor on this commission." The commission addresses ...
Parents of Pinckney Elementary School recently took their support for former principal Kristi Hill to the polls. During the Lawrence school board election in early November, 26 write-in votes were cast with Hill's name, according to election data provided by the Douglas County Clerk’s ...
The Lawrence school board will wait at least another two weeks before making a decision on pushing back start times for its high schools next school year. After a discussion on the topic during its meeting Monday, the board came to a general consensus to consider an option to change the start ...
The Lawrence school district is working to make sure substitute teachers are trained on crisis procedures for the school buildings they are working in, its leaders say. Ron May, director of school safety and security, said during the Lawrence school board meeting Monday that the district is ...
The Lawrence school board will soon receive its first update from a new group investigating the possibility of starting the school day later for high school students. The Late Start Time Implementation Committee, a school district committee charged with investigating the possibility of moving ...
The principal of Lawrence's Quail Run Elementary School is leaving the school district to take a new job with his former employer. The principal, Michael Koonce, intends to resign at the end of the school year, the district announced Thursday in a news release. Koonce, who is currently serving ...
A new fitness curriculum at Billy Mills Middle School could lead to students following the career of their school's namesake. Keith Jones, principal of Billy Mills, said a sixth-grade physical education class at the school was the first in the country to pilot a new fitness education program ...
Monday's canvass of the 2019 general election results confirmed the winners for the Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board races. The Douglas County Clerk’s Office released the official results of the Nov. 5 election after the County Commission certified the results. The ...
Lawrence residents will have the opportunity this week to learn about the effects that e-cigarettes are having on students. The Lawrence school district is inviting the local community to attend a presentation about the dangers of teenage use of e-cigarettes, also known as “vaping,” during ...
This school year, Danae and Kyle Johnson happily began sending their youngest of two children to Pinckney Elementary School to begin kindergarten. But as the school year progressed, the Johnsons noticed their son, who has special education needs, was not receiving the full care he is required ...
The state’s highest education board may soon take action to help address teenage use of e-cigarettes, also known as “vaping.” The Kansas State Board of Education received a policy proposal this week from its E-Cigarette/Vaping Task Force that would prohibit the use, possession and ...
Students of the Lawrence school district may soon have a new set of criteria for how they can dress at school. The Lawrence school board on Monday gave initial approval to a proposed dress code policy change that would more specifically outline what students are and are not allowed to wear ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider revising its student dress code policy, possibly installing one with more specific rules for what students can wear and how the policy may be enforced. The school district’s board policy committee has been working to update the dress code ...
When a newly elected Lawrence school board convenes for the first time in January, it will have several new faces representing the community. Most of those new faces will also represent portions of the community that have not always been given the opportunity to serve. It will be what is ...
About 22% of voters turned out for Tuesday’s city and school board elections, which made it one of the better turnouts for local races this decade. Not bad for a night when the Kansas Jayhawks had a 6 p.m. tipoff, which is normally prime time for voters returning home from work. ...