After finishing its first week of remote learning, the Lawrence school district has seen its student attendance levels come in close to what it would expect during a typical school year, district officials said Monday. But the district is taking steps to be able to respond to absenteeism if it ...
As the local health department's color-coded guidance on schools moves into its third week in the yellow tier, at least one area district is switching to a hybrid learning option after previously allowing fully in-person classes. Eudora Superintendent Steve Splichal on Friday announced that ...
Discussions on the Lawrence school district’s work related to reopening schools amid the coronavirus pandemic and its work on racial equity are on tap for next week. During its meeting on Monday, the Lawrence school board will hear another update from its task force charged with planning for ...
Story updated at 5:43 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10: For a third 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. Despite ...
Ten high school seniors from three Lawrence schools have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. The prestigious scholarship program named 16,000 semifinalists throughout the country for its 66th annual awards, according to a news release this week from the program. The ...
TOPEKA — Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis, who has served 53 years in the Kansas State Department of Education, will retire effective Sept. 30, state officials announced Tuesday. Dennis joined the education department in 1967 and was named deputy commissioner in 1976. He has been ...
Despite being stuck inside his Lawrence home this summer, a local high school student was still able to take a deep look into his home planet through data. Erik Dallman, a 17-year-old senior who attends high school through a self-study program, spent his summer participating in a NASA ...
Story updated at 1:22 p.m. Sunday A participant in Free State High School football has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the quarantine of 36 other players, according to a news release Sunday from the Lawrence school district. The release identified the student only as a "participant" ...
As the Lawrence school district is set to begin its fall semester with remote learning on Tuesday, some families have been left in the lurch dealing with issues from lack of child care during the school day to spotty internet service. To help those families, the school district and the Boys ...
A national group has recognized Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis as a school leader to keep an eye on. The National School Public Relations Association recently named Lewis to its 2020 Superintendents to Watch list. The recognition honors school district leaders who have fewer than five ...
Public health guidance to Douglas County schools will remain at its second level, the yellow tier, for another week, the local health department said Thursday in its weekly schools update. But the Lawrence school district will still conduct sports competitions that are recommended to be ...
Lawrence High School has been recognized for its sports program that aims to be inclusive and provides students with disabilities opportunities to compete. The Special Olympics recently named LHS a Unified Champion School, an honor bestowed on schools that meet the organization’s standards ...
With opening night of the 2020 football seasons just four days away, Lawrence High and Free State released their attendance plans on Monday. Both schools will cap their attendance for home games at two spectators per student participant. Those spectators will be identified ahead of time and ...
Almost a third of Lawrence teachers said in a survey that they hoped to teach 100% remotely this school year rather than return to the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic. But there likely won’t be that many opportunities to do so, based on student enrollment data. What that means for ...
WICHITA (AP) — Kansas high school can move their fall sports seasons to the spring under a newly approved plan. The Kansas State High School Activities Association Board of Directors voted 53-21 Friday to approve a proposal establishing an “Alternative fall” schedule, The Wichita Eagle ...
Story updated at 8:08 p.m. Friday: The Lawrence school district has reversed course on its plan to delay some “high risk” sports because of an increase of local COVID-19 cases. A day after announcing it would delay competitions of certain sports and activities, the Lawrence school ...
Story updated at 6:02 p.m. Thursday: Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has upgraded its COVID-19 guidance to county schools, which now suggests that schools use hybrid learning options and avoid “high risk” activities. Following the update, the Lawrence school district announced it ...
High school sports in Lawrence are slated to begin this fall, a Lawrence school district administrator said Monday. But the district may soon have the opportunity to move some fall sports seasons to the spring, if it wants to. During a work session on Monday, the Lawrence school board ...
The Lawrence High and Free State High varsity football teams are looking for new Week 1 opponents following Friday’s decision by the Olathe and Shawnee Mission school districts to suspend fall sports because of the spread of COVID-19 in Johnson County. LHS football’s season opener with ...