Erica Hill said she was overwhelmed Tuesday evening when she saw how many votes she had received for election to the Lawrence school board. Hill, one of five candidates running for four open seats on the board, ran away with the most votes, receiving 9,102 with all precincts counted. She led ...
Stories from Tuesday's election - Finkeldei, Shipley and Boley win seats on the Lawrence City Commission - Erica Hill earns most votes in Lawrence school board election; Cadue-Blackwood, Kimball, Smith also elected - 3 new members elected to Baldwin City Council; 1 newcomer to join two ...
Two students at Lawrence’s Southwest Middle School were caught with pocket knives at school on Monday. Julie Boyle, spokeswoman for the school district, told the Journal-World Tuesday that the students were caught with the knives after a police officer learned they were carrying them at the ...
Check out our Election Notebook throughout the day and evening for the latest on news about today's election. If history is any guide, local election results should be tallied and announced before 9 p.m. today. For more detailed information about the candidates in the Lawrence city and school ...
Cynthia Johnson will continue serving as interim principal at Lawrence High School next year, pending school board approval, according to a news release Friday from the Lawrence school district. “Our board members, district administrators, and I have been receiving lots of positive feedback ...
Residents of Lawrence will elect new leaders to the Lawrence City Commission and the Lawrence school board and vote on a state constitutional amendment Tuesday, Nov. 5. In the lead-up to the election, the Journal-World has interviewed the six candidates for three seats on the City Commission ...
Two of the three open principal positions in Lawrence are now being advertised on the school district’s website. David Cunningham, the district’s executive director for human resources, told the Journal-World that his office posted advertisements Monday afternoon for the top positions at ...
Schools in Lawrence may soon begin using software to conduct background checks on visitors to their buildings, but the Lawrence school board won’t allow it to be implemented districtwide until some conditions are met. With a 5-2 vote, the board approved the purchase of a visitor management ...
The Lawrence school board will consider purchasing new technology that provides background checks on people who enter its school buildings. During its meeting Monday, the board will consider purchasing visitor management software and related accessories from Hall Pass School Visitor Management ...
Students in the Lawrence school district continue to improve their scores on the ACT exam, despite a drop in the average score across the state. The Lawrence school district reported an average ACT score of 23.95 for the students who took the test during the 2018-19 school year, according to ...
Dance teams from Sunflower Elementary came out on top during the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence’s annual talent show on Friday. The 2019 Lights On Talent Show included performances from teams representing 14 of the 15 Boys & Girls Club locations, according to a Boys & Girls Club ...
The Lawrence Police Department wants to provide more public education for the community, and it’s planning community conversations on big topics in the coming weeks to do that. The first event, slated for Tuesday, Oct. 22, will focus on internet safety for kids and teens. The second and ...
Three elementary schools on the west side of the Lawrence school district may be a little more tight on space than other schools for the 2019-2020 school year. At the same time, three elementary schools on the east side of the district are struggling to fill their buildings, with one school ...
Editor's note: The Journal-World asked the Lawrence school board candidates to provide brief statements outlining their vision for the school district. The candidates’ statements appear here as submitted, and have only been edited for spelling. Carole Cadue-Blackwood I would like to focus ...
Story updated at 4:40 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2019: The Lawrence school district saw a decrease of more than 180 students this school year compared with last year. But the drop in enrollment may not have an immediate effect on the school district’s state funding. The school district shared ...
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 ...