For the musical duo Black Violin, Lawrence brings back a fond memory of a surprise reunion with an old mentor. Violinist Kevin Sylvester and violist Wilner Baptiste, or, as they like to be called, Kev Marcus and Wil B, have performed in Lawrence at least five times, Sylvester supposed. They ...
A $150,000 grant will soon allow the Lawrence school district to focus on improving its leadership qualities. The Kansas Leadership Center, a nonprofit organization that aims to foster better leadership in the state’s communities, announced Wednesday that the school district is one of 63 ...
Several parents of students at Pinckney Elementary School on Monday voiced frustration over the resignation of former principal Kristi Hill, suggesting that the school district did not provide her with enough support. Some of the parents who spoke to the board said Hill resigned because she ...
Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Charles King remembers in his third year teaching a parent called him aside and told him to be more authentic, to let some of his roots show because the black students in that urban Houston school needed to know he was one of them. The encounter changed the way that ...
The construction company in charge of renovating Lawrence High School announced it is pushing back the completion dates for two phases of the project to make up for delays that occurred over the summer. “We have to make sure we do a really good job setting realistic expectations for the ...
Tuesday is the final day to register for the Nov. 5 election, which will decide who will serve on the Lawrence City Commission and the Lawrence school board, among other issues. Six candidates are running to fill three seats on the City Commission, and five candidates are running to fill four ...
The Lawrence school board will soon receive its first update on the progress of its new five-year strategic plan. Superintendent Anthony Lewis is scheduled to provide the update to the school board during its meeting Monday. The overall purpose of the strategic plan, which the board approved ...
Although the issue of school safety and security has long been a priority for the Lawrence school district, a recent event has again made it an important topic of conversation for candidates vying for a seat on the school board. But importance of a topic does not necessarily mean there will be ...
Local students of the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence will soon take the stage to show off their dance moves to the music of NSYNC and the Spice Girls during the organization’s annual talent show. The 2019 Lights On Talent Show show will have teams from all 15 Boys & Girls Club ...
Lawrence now has its own teenage environmental advocate calling for action to address climate change. But unlike Greta Thunberg — the Swedish girl who has traveled around the world to spread awareness about the dangers of global warming — Morgan Orozco, 16, said she was focused on her ...
Hundreds of Lawrence students are taking advantage of a program that allows them to take several college courses while they are still in high school. Superintendent Anthony Lewis said Monday that 316 high school students were currently enrolled in college courses offered through a partnership ...
Jordin Silver doesn’t want any kids to grow up the way she did: confused, alone, knowing she’d be more loved if she were more “normal.” “I’m 37, and gay was AIDS, gay was bad,” she said of her childhood in Old Orchard Beach, a small tourist town on the coast of Maine. “Life ...
The Lawrence Transit System is teaming up with the Lawrence Public Library to provide special “Books and Buses” storytimes. The collaboration between the library and the transit system will feature books about transportation, a bus-themed craft project and a trip on the bus, according to ...
The five candidates running for the four Lawrence school board positions on the Nov. 5 ballot shared their differing views on the challenges facing the school district, including the role that school resource officers should play, on Saturday at a forum sponsored by the Lawrence chapter of the ...
Kansas students could win an iPad or a Kindle for submitting their photography to the Kansas Historical Society's annual photo contest. Students from 1st through 12th grades are invited to submit up to five photographs to the contest that "tell a story about going to school in Kansas," ...
Several local organizations are asking parents of Lawrence students to help improve walking and biking pathways to elementary and middle schools. The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department announced in a recent news release that parents can provide feedback on their experiences of ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Monday Changes to the state's higher education admissions standards could have some benefits for Kansas students and school districts, but it may have some drawbacks as well. Mark Tallman, associate director of advocacy and communication for the Kansas Association of School ...
When the school year started, some classes at Lawrence High School were held in mobile units on campus while construction continued on permanent classrooms. Now those mobile units are temporarily unavailable, and classes have moved into the school's main building. Classes of five teachers ...
The administration badly mismanaged a lockdown Tuesday at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, causing needless panic and trauma among the young students there, according to some parents familiar with the situation. “For more than 15 — possibly 20 — minutes” hundreds of children ...
The Lawrence Lions Alumni Association will induct three women into the school’s Hall of Honor this year. The three inductees include an internationally performing singer-songwriter, a foreign service officer, and a scholar and researcher. The Hall of Honor aims to recognize graduates of ...