Douglas County has begun accepting applications for a competition where area students pitch their business ideas. The Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge is open to Douglas County students in grades 6-12, and participants will present a written summary, deliver a business pitch and create a trade ...
The Lawrence school district has responded to an amended complaint in a lawsuit regarding its former use of Gaggle, acknowledging a quiet switch to a similar software but denying any legal wrongdoing in making the switch. In November, the current and former students who filed a lawsuit ...
Balancing budgets, careers and curveballs, SparkWheel’s student finance program lets kids step into the future and discover how quickly paychecks can disappear. The FutureNow: Finance program is an interactive workshop that SparkWheel hosts in collaboration with partner schools to help ...
A speech pathologist accused of molesting multiple students at a Lawrence elementary school last winter has been ordered to stand trial on 14 felony counts. Douglas County Judge Amy Hanley, following a two-day preliminary hearing in October, ruled Thursday that probable cause existed for the ...
Melissa Clover, a fourth grade teacher at Deerfield Elementary School, was awarded the 2025 Dedication to Education Award during an all-school assembly on Monday. The Lawrence Schools Foundation presented the award along with a $5,000 check. The assembly on Monday morning for students and ...
A special Lawrence school board meeting will be held this week for the annual evaluation of Superintendent Jeanice Swift. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the district's Facilities and Operations Office, 711 E. 23rd St. In addition to the evaluation on Swift, there will also be ...