The Lawrence school district is looking for public input on proposed changes aimed at addressing enrollment imbalances between its two high schools, one of which currently has 350 more students than the other. Since Lawrence became a two-high-school town in the 1990s, 15th Street/Bob Billings ...
As Douglas County voters go to the polls to cast ballots for everything from president to county commissioners, they'll also be asked to elect leaders to the state's top policy-making board for public education. Voters in the Lawrence, Baldwin City, Eudora and Perry-Lecompton school districts ...
An advisory group created by Kansas education leaders is recommending that schools ban cellphones for students at every grade level. A majority of the 36-member Blue Ribbon Task Force on Student Screen Time voted to recommend that districts prohibit students from using cellphones for the ...
Cordley Elementary students took home first-place honors at the 2024 Lights On! event, where they performed a dance medley to Jennifer Lopez and Will Smith hits. "In My Y2K Era" was the theme of this year’s edition of the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence’s annual dance competition, ...
Over the summer and into fall, five Free State High School students have been cultivating a garden to grow and donate sustainably produced food to community members in need. The students work at a garden located at West Middle School, which is managed by Growing Food Growing Health. The ...
The Lawrence school district's Native American Student Services soon expects to serve more students than ever before, and Lawrence school board members say they're interested in developing a land acknowledgement to recognize Indigenous tribes that have called Kansas home. At its meeting ...