A national group has recognized Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis as a school leader to keep an eye on. The National School Public Relations Association recently named Lewis to its 2020 Superintendents to Watch list. The recognition honors school district leaders who have fewer than five ...

Public health guidance to Douglas County schools will remain at its second level, the yellow tier, for another week, the local health department said Thursday in its weekly schools update. But the Lawrence school district will still conduct sports competitions that are recommended to be ...

Lawrence High School has been recognized for its sports program that aims to be inclusive and provides students with disabilities opportunities to compete. The Special Olympics recently named LHS a Unified Champion School, an honor bestowed on schools that meet the organization’s standards ...

With opening night of the 2020 football seasons just four days away, Lawrence High and Free State released their attendance plans on Monday. Both schools will cap their attendance for home games at two spectators per student participant. Those spectators will be identified ahead of time and ...

Almost a third of Lawrence teachers said in a survey that they hoped to teach 100% remotely this school year rather than return to the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic. But there likely won’t be that many opportunities to do so, based on student enrollment data. What that means for ...

WICHITA (AP) — Kansas high school can move their fall sports seasons to the spring under a newly approved plan. The Kansas State High School Activities Association Board of Directors voted 53-21 Friday to approve a proposal establishing an “Alternative fall” schedule, The Wichita Eagle ...

Story updated at 8:08 p.m. Friday: The Lawrence school district has reversed course on its plan to delay some “high risk” sports because of an increase of local COVID-19 cases. A day after announcing it would delay competitions of certain sports and activities, the Lawrence school ...

Story updated at 6:02 p.m. Thursday: Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has upgraded its COVID-19 guidance to county schools, which now suggests that schools use hybrid learning options and avoid “high risk” activities. Following the update, the Lawrence school district announced it ...

High school sports in Lawrence are slated to begin this fall, a Lawrence school district administrator said Monday. But the district may soon have the opportunity to move some fall sports seasons to the spring, if it wants to. During a work session on Monday, the Lawrence school board ...

The Lawrence High and Free State High varsity football teams are looking for new Week 1 opponents following Friday’s decision by the Olathe and Shawnee Mission school districts to suspend fall sports because of the spread of COVID-19 in Johnson County. LHS football’s season opener with ...

The Eudora school district will move to fully in-person classes shortly after starting the school year. During a special meeting on Thursday, the Eudora school board approved a recommendation from Superintendent Steve Splichal to have fully in-person classes for the first full week of school. ...

Food service staff at the Lawrence school district may be set to be furloughed during the district’s initial remote learning period. The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider giving the school district’s administration the authority to furlough food service staff for the first six ...

Story updated at 5:15 p.m. Friday TOPEKA — Two large Kansas school districts moved classes online for middle and high-schoolers while public health officials in Topeka imposed stricter crowd size limits to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Wichita school district, the state's biggest ...

Three Lawrence High School students participating in extracurricular activities and a school district administrative staff member have tested positive for the coronavirus. School district officials this week sent three letters to parents and staff informing them of the positive tests among ...

The artwork of a recent Free State High School graduate is up for a national competition hosted by one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Elliot Smith, who graduated from Free State this past spring, said her submission of a Google “doodle” was selected as the Kansas ...

Updated at 5:25 p.m. Thursday Douglas County schools could be in line to host full in-person classes and competitive sports this fall. COVID-19 numbers in Douglas County currently are low enough that the county is ranked in the lowest of risk categories — the green level — local health ...

MISSION — Columbus school district Superintendent Brian Smith has spent the week hauling furniture out of classrooms to make more space for social distancing as students prepare to return next week after a five-month COVID-19-imposed break. “It is almost like you are preparing for ...

A Lawrence high school student is taking action in hopes of outlawing a legal defense strategy he believes is discriminatory against gay and transgender people. Hays Hummel, who will be a junior at Free State High School this fall, recently started a petition to raise awareness about a legal ...

WICHITA — Online schooling got off to a rocky start in Kansas, with teachers quickly piecing together virtual offerings. Parents complained about needing to be constantly involved while the work failed to engage their students. Now faced with sending their children back to a physical ...