The Lawrence school board will soon get a more in-depth look at the district's enrollment, which recently saw a decline amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During its meeting on Monday, the board will receive a report from RSP & Associates, a company providing enrollment analysis to the ...

For the first time since August, the Lawrence-Douglas County health department’s guidance for schools operating during the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to its lowest threat level. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced Thursday that it was lowering its recommendation from the ...

Many Lawrence parents convened on Monday to protest against the Lawrence school district’s ongoing method of education, calling for schools to further move back to full in-person learning. Between 40 and 50 parents and their children held signs in front of the school district’s ...

Two Lawrence elementary schools will transition to hybrid learning this week, two weeks before other buildings at that level. The Lawrence school district announced late Friday that New York and Woodlawn elementary schools would begin their hybrid learning model on Thursday, while the other 12 ...

Although public school districts have taken various routes to educate students during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, all four districts serving Douglas County residents have seen a similar issue — a decrease in student enrollment. The issue may not just be a local one, as a state ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s guidance for schools operating during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain constant for an eighth straight week, despite again moving in the right direction in key indicators. However, some Lawrence school board members recently questioned the health ...

Updated at 12:02 a.m. Tuesday Despite planning for students to spend two days of in-person learning each week under its original hybrid learning model, the Lawrence school district chose to have its high school students only attend in-person classes once a week. Rick Henry, director of ...

The Lawrence school district will begin its upcoming use of a hybrid learning model with a transition period. Rather than having all students begin attending in-person classes through the model immediately, the district told parents in emails Thursday evening that middle school and high school ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s guidance for schools operating during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain constant for a seventh straight week. The health department on Thursday announced the guidance would remain in the yellow tier, which recommends schools use hybrid learning options ...

Several members of Free State High School's football team have been identified as close contacts to a positive COVID-19 case stemming from an Oct. 2 football game in Johnson County, according to the local health department. The game took place at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, and the ...

Story updated at 2:56 p.m Tuesday WICHITA (AP) — Even as some of the state's largest school districts reopen, most Kansas counties have such a high rate of new coronavirus cases that they have moved into the red zone on a key state benchmark that suggests schools consider putting the brakes ...

Story updated at 5:22 p.m. Oct. 5, 2020: Many educators convened Monday for a protest against the Lawrence school district’s plans to return to in-person instruction later this month as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Approximately 40 members of the local teacher and paraeducator unions ...

The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department’s guidance to schools will remain constant for a sixth-straight week. The health department on Thursday announced the guidance would remain in the yellow tier, which recommends schools use hybrid learning options and prohibit “high-risk” ...

Despite an increase of coronavirus cases among students and staff at the Baldwin City school district, schools will remain operating in a hybrid learning model for the foreseeable future. But the district’s leader recently said schools could be on the verge of going fully remote because of a ...

Lawrence students will be returning to classrooms next month, but it took a long and intense conversation by the school board to reach that conclusion. After a seven-hour meeting on Monday that lasted roughly until midnight, the board voted 4-3 to move its fully remote learning method to a ...

Lawrence schools could soon be moving to a hybrid learning model after starting the school year with six weeks of fully remote classes. The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider a plan to move to a hybrid learning model on Oct. 19, when the district’s initial plan of fully remote ...

A highly anticipated showdown between a pair of top-ranked teams will not go on. According to LHS Athletic Director Nick Wood, this week's matchup between Lawrence High (No. 1 in Class 6A) and Mill Valley (No. 1 in Class 5A) has been canceled after a Lawrence player tested positive for ...

As the Lawrence school district on Friday was finishing up its second week of fully remote learning for the 2020-21 school year, Kendra Pittman could be seen in her home hustling between her two elementary-aged children, trying to make sure they were both doing their school assignments and ...

For a fourth straight week, Lawrence Douglas-County Public Health has kept its education guidance in its yellow tier, which calls for schools to use hybrid learning options and prohibit “high risk” sports such as soccer and football. But the key indicators that guide the health ...

Two teachers who are still in the early days of their careers have been recognized as “exemplary” educators in the Lawrence school district. Earlier this week, Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced Free State High School teacher Allyson Gilmore and Quail Run Elementary teacher ...