At a combined forum hosted by a local advocacy group Wednesday, Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board candidates discussed issues relating to better collaborations between the governing bodies and how to improve community input. The Coalition for Collaborative Governance, a group ...
Two Lawrence High School students have been arrested following a fire in the girls' locker room at the school Monday morning, according to a message Tuesday from the Lawrence school district to the LHS community. The fire originated at a paper towel dispenser that extended to a combustible ...
Updated at 2:26 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29 A small fire in the girls’ locker room prompted an evacuation at Lawrence High School Monday morning, and the cause is under investigation, according to district officials. “We are grateful to report that no students, staff were harmed,” a social ...
The Lawrence school district is asking a judge to delay a civil lawsuit against it relating to alleged child sexual abuse by one of its former employees. In a motion filed late last week, the school district asked Douglas County Judge Catherine Theisen to stay the civil proceedings until a ...
City Commission and Lawrence school board candidates who are on the November ballot will participate in a joint forum next week to discuss public engagement, collaboration between government entities and transparency. The candidate forum will be from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the ...
Lawrence school board members voted Wednesday night to advance two major projects — a new flexible high school program and expansion of an elementary school — into a planning and development phase. The board voted unanimously to advance the creation of a small high school program at the ...