As a kid in Lawrence, Isidore Weis didn’t know anyone like himself. “I didn’t personally know anyone who was gay or transgender,” Weis, now in college, says. He did, of course — statistically, we all do. What he means is he didn’t know anyone who was out. He didn’t know anyone ...
TOPEKA — Kansas educators are rushing to find ways to respond to a sharp increase in the number of students using electronic cigarettes in the state's high schools. The state Board of Education heard from educators on Tuesday that about a third of high school students tried vaping at least ...
Jeff Harkin, principal of Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, will soon transfer into an assistant principal position with Free State High School, the district announced recently. Superintendent Anthony Lewis has named Sabrina Tillman Winfrey as interim principal at LMCMS, according to a ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday gave preliminary consensus to a relatively budget-neutral plan that eliminates its contingency pool of teachers who fill its “hot spots.” Kathy Johnson, the district’s director of finances, presented a plan that would add 12 full-time equivalent, or ...
A public speaker at the school board’s last meeting has prompted a discussion, scheduled for Monday, about the Paraeducator Association of Lawrence. Denise Fish, an instructional support assistant at Prairie Park Elementary, spoke to the board April 22 on behalf of the association, PAL. She ...
Here is the list of scholarship winners from Free State High School, as compiled by the school: Nora Agah: University of Texas Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Honors; Swimming Academic All American Usayd Alkiswani: Lawrence Region Antique Auto Club Scholarship Helena All: Kansas ACT ...
Here is the list of scholarship winners from Lawrence High School, as compiled by the school: Jamie Abernathy: Loyola University Athletic Scholarship Katie Ahern: Lawrence Lions Alumni Association Scholarship, University of Kansas Crimson & Blue Scholarship Chisom Ajekwu- Kansas ...
For Anita Musick, seeing her granddaughter graduate from high school was going to be especially sweet. Seventeen-year-old Aftyn Hankins had had a sad and troubled childhood, and she had bounced around a handful of area schools. Her experiences had left her “rough around the edges," her ...
Lawrence High School Principal Matt Brungardt is resigning after 16 years with the school, the district announced in a news release Wednesday. Brungardt has accepted a position as principal of his alma mater, Salina Central High, according to the release. His youngest son is graduating from ...
Updated at 2:42 p.m. Monday The Lawrence school district is investigating possible carbon monoxide exposure at Kennedy Elementary School that may have affected the health of at least two staff members. The two employees informed the district that they had tested positive for elevated carbon ...
Gracie Flanagan was having so much fun Wednesday morning running in the triathlon at Lawrence High School that she crossed the finish line three times. Flanagan, 17, was one of about 45 secondary adaptive physical education students in the Lawrence school district competing in the event, which ...
At the end of Kansas’ next high school wrestling season, there will — for the first time — be an officially sanctioned state tournament for girls only. The Kansas State High School Activities Association board on Friday voted 63 to 2 to support adding the sport, KSHSAA executive director ...
Lawrence High School choir students were busy rehearing Wednesday for their annual "Showtime" performance. The show takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the Lawrence High School auditorium.
District staff is still researching some potential security measures to improve school safety, but some board members have already made it clear that staff shouldn’t waste too much time on metal detectors. Ron May, director of operations, gave the board a presentation on safety and security ...
A presentation on active shooter training, building security, mental health and social/emotional supports tops the Lawrence school board’s agenda for its Monday meeting. According to a board agenda item, Ron May, district director of operations, and Jose Cornejo, mental health facilitator, ...
WICHITA — A new Kansas law will reduce the number of required safety drills in public and private schools only a year after lawmakers mandated crisis drills to prepare students for active shooters and other threats. Wichita public radio station KMUW reports that the measure recently signed ...
Madyson Gray’s first wrestling season was spent, as her dad puts it, “basically getting her head pounded into the mat relentlessly.” She lost almost every match. “It hurt to watch, you know?” Darin Gray said. “I thought she was done.” But Mady didn’t want to quit and find a ...
The Lawrence school district has been approved to participate in the Kansas State Department of Education’s redesign project, the district announced Tuesday. Teachers at Broken Arrow, Deerfield and Hillcrest elementaries and Free State High School voted in March to apply for the Apollo ...
TOPEKA — Lawyers for Kansas told the state Supreme Court on Monday that it should sign off on a new law boosting spending on public schools and end a protracted education funding lawsuit partly because the law has broad, bipartisan support. Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a Republican, filed ...