The committee working to redraw boundaries in the Lawrence school district related to the potential closures of Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries has finalized its recommendation for district leaders except for some minor adjustments. During a Boundary Advisory Committee meeting on ...
Free State High School’s Encore variety show is on tap this week, and the school’s choir program is hoping to draw plenty of applause as it celebrates the 25th anniversary of the annual performance. Upperclassmen in Free State’s choir program will put on shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday ...
While Lawrence High School sophomore Arabella Gipp didn’t come away with the 2023 Kansas Youth of the Year title, she can count herself among rare company as the most recent competitor to represent Lawrence in the event in back-to-back years. Gipp was the winner of Boys and Girls Club of ...
When a Journal-World reporter asked the president of the Lawrence school board earlier this month whether she had ruled out making cuts to the district’s administration to help with a budget crunch, the response was unusual. She couldn’t say because she was worried her answer might ...
An often-heard refrain of Lawrence school district officials is that there will be cuts and they will be painful, but there is one place in the district’s budget that some say is escaping scrutiny in this year’s round of budget reductions: district administration. As the Lawrence school ...
The Lawrence school district has announced that child care will be provided at the upcoming public hearings for the potential closures of Broken Arrow and Pinckney elementaries. District spokesperson Julie Boyle said in an email Thursday evening that on-site child care for school-age children ...