Billy Mills Middle School will have a new assistant principal and athletics director come July. The school's principal, Andrew Taylor, announced Monday that Sara (Reichenberger) Murray would be taking on the roles effective July 1, pending school board approval. Murray, a Lawrence resident ...
A Lawrence school bus got into an accident with a car Friday afternoon on its way to pick up West Middle School students. The accident occurred near Bob Billings Parkway and Crestline Drive. According to school district spokeswoman Julie Boyle, no students were on the bus at the time — only ...
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers are trying to overhaul special education funding for public schools in a move condemned by public school advocates. The latest version of Senate Bill 387, a budget bill that will govern state education funding for the next three years, would change the state’s ...
Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis delivered a message of support Friday for students, families and staff in the transgender community after the Kansas Legislature passed a bill prohibiting some forms of gender-affirming care. The controversial bill, known as Senate Bill 233, was sent to ...
Maci Perrins, the Langston Hughes Elementary student and two-time winner of the Douglas County Spelling Bee, placed second at the Sunflower State Spelling Bee over the weekend and was recognized by the Lawrence school board at its Monday meeting. Maci, a fifth-grader, lost the state bee ...
A Free State High School speech and debate team member has earned the highest degree in the National Speech and Debate Association Honor Society, according to a news release Tuesday from the Lawrence school district. The student, Anwen Williams, a junior, has earned Premier Distinction, an ...