The Lawrence Schools Foundation has received a $40,000 donation from Truity Credit Union, according to a news release from the foundation on Tuesday. The release said Truity representatives presented the donation to the Lawrence Schools Foundation Board of Trustees and the foundation’s ...
A year ago, at a pageant put on by the Lawrence school district's Native American Student Services, Dustin Stumblingbear watched a young woman stand up and talk about being disconnected from her culture and not knowing Native ways. For Stumblingbear, a Lawrence school district alumnus and ...
The Lawrence school board approved a budget for 2024-2025 with a property tax rate with a slight increase compared to last year. On Monday, school board members unanimously approved a budget of $215,698,464 with a mill levy of 52.252 mills. This represents a 0.042-mill increase from last ...
A support staff member at Free State High School who previously worked at West Middle School has been placed on administrative leave pending a police investigation, according to the Lawrence school district. The district did not share details about the investigation, as the district has ...
The Lawrence school board will hold a public hearing on Monday as it considers adopting the budget for 2024-2025, which proposes a slight increase compared to last year. The proposed mill levy is 52.252 mills, where one mill equals $1 for every $1,000 of a property's assessed value. This ...
Before he was suspended, Zaire Byrd was thriving. He acted in school plays, played on the football team and trained with other athletes. He had never been suspended before — he'd never even received detention. But when Byrd got involved in a fight after school one day, none of that seemed to ...