With help from a nearly $100,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, the Lawrence school district plans to create a bakery in the former Pinckney Elementary building that will produce locally sourced grain products for school meals. The $99,958 grant is one of 49 grants awarded around the ...

Updated at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27 On Monday, the Lawrence school board approved a maximum budget authority and property tax rates that included a largely unchanged maximum mill levy. While board members discussed the possibility of reducing mill levies, there was little appetite for it ...

Douglas County schools have always welcomed students from other districts, and Kansas recently mandated open enrollment statewide to allow families to move their children from schools that aren't meeting their needs. Despite this, public school enrollment is still on the decline. The new, ...

The Lawrence school board will review its maximum budget authority and property tax rates on Monday. The board is considering a plan to keep the property tax rate largely unchanged for 2025, with the proposed budget set at $215,698,464. The proposed mill levy – one mill equals $1 for every ...

Walking to school with your friends. Riding your bike home on a nice sunny day. These types of activities were a rite of passage for a lot of older adults who remember them fondly, even if they weren't aware of any particular health benefit. These days, there's greater awareness of those ...

Next week, the Lawrence school board will discuss its 2025 budget, and has proposed a nearly unchanged property tax rate, according to information on file with the Douglas County Clerk's office. The school board has notified the Douglas County Clerk that the school district's property tax rate ...