When the Lawrence school district recently began a mandatory COVID-19 testing program for its middle and high school students and staff participating in “high-risk” athletics, Traci and David Marcum quickly grew frustrated. Their son, Matthew Marcum, a Free State High School wrestler who ...
A Lawrence school district report suggests the coronavirus pandemic is having a negative effect on students' academic performance, with students at every grade level receiving more D and F grades so far this year than in previous years. During its meeting on Monday, the Lawrence school board ...
Douglas County’s school virus guidance will remain the same for a third straight week, despite the number of cases for the coronavirus continuing to fall. Lawrence Douglas County Public Health announced Thursday its recommendation to schools would remain in the yellow tier, which calls for ...
Repeatedly relocating throughout his life made it hard for Free State High School junior Pranav Vogeti to cultivate friendships, he recalled last week. But all of that changed when his family moved to Lawrence and he joined the local Boys & Girls Club, where he has been named the 2021 ...
Working a full-time job from home during the coronavirus pandemic is hard enough for Lawrence resident Ellie Heath. But trying to make sure her elementary-aged children are staying engaged with their learning while they attend school from home half the week has only added to the stress and ...
The Lawrence school district’s use of police officers in schools aligns with a recent report of a state racial justice commission, Superintendent Anthony Lewis told the Journal-World recently. That’s partly because the district only uses a handful of school resource officers, or SROs, ...
Douglas County’s health department recommends schools continue to use hybrid or fully in-person learning models as key indicators related to the spread of the coronavirus continue to decline. Lawrence Douglas County Public Health announced Thursday its recommendation to schools would remain ...
Lawrence's high school students will begin attending in-person classes more often next month, school board members heard at their meeting on Monday. Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced during the meeting that the district was planning to adjust its hybrid learning model on Feb. 15, ...
Hybrid learning has become the go-to compromise for Kansas’ largest school districts to get students back in classrooms, but some Kansas teachers say it isn’t much better than keeping students online full-time. Districts in Lawrence, Topeka, Olathe and elsewhere rotate students between ...
To help make travel safer for elementary and middle school students, the Lawrence school district and City of Lawrence should work improve sidewalks those students use for biking and walking to school each day, according to a plan developed by the local Safe Routes to School program. The ...
As cases of the coronavirus fall in Douglas County, the local health department has downgraded its guidance recommendation to schools. Lawrence Douglas County Public Health announced Thursday that it had lowered its recommendation to the yellow tier, which calls for schools to use hybrid or ...
Several Lawrence students recently earned national recognition for their musical talents. Free State High School’s Emily Bial, Ellie LeBar and Hollis Wilkins, and Lawrence High School’s Connor Jones and Ashton Rapp were named to the 2020 All-National Honor Ensembles by the National ...
Last weekend's Class 6A state debate tournament might not have started well for Lawrence High School, but the school's four-speaker team found a way to make sure it ended well, coach Jeff Plinsky said. After starting the virtual tournament with two wins and four losses during the first round ...
Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis is a long way from Montgomery, Ala. — the “Cradle of the Confederacy” — where he began his teaching career. Now, he’s a leader in a community that was founded as part of the struggle to end slavery. Regardless of its founding by abolitionists, ...
As the second week of school since winter break comes to a close, cases for the coronavirus in Douglas County continue to rise and have led to an upgrade in Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health's school guidance recommendation. The health department announced Thursday it had upgraded its ...
Several Lawrence students are making their arguments this weekend that they deserve to be recognized as the best debaters in the state. Debate teams from both Lawrence High School and Free State High School are competing in the 6A state tournament Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Both schools ...
Free State head volleyball coach Jayme Savage, who has been at the helm for two years now, knows she has the late Nancy Hopkins to thank for getting to this point in her career. Savage played for Hopkins at Free State from 2000-03 and had a chance to join her staff in 2008. Savage was an ...
The Lawrence school board has started brainstorming some ways to help decrease teachers' workload at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing educators to adapt to teaching remotely and running hybrid classes. Leah Wisdom, the district’s director of equity, instruction and student ...
As the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way education is conducted, teachers have taken on a larger workload, administration officials said. To help address this, the Lawrence school board on Monday will discuss what drives teacher workload and actions the district can take to stop it from ...
Three Douglas County educators were recognized for their teaching during their first year in the profession last school year. The Kansas State Department of Education this week announced teachers from the Lawrence, Baldwin and Eudora school districts were among the 32 teachers statewide to ...