The Lawrence school board's president has called a special meeting to discuss giving staff and students two additional days off during the week of Thanksgiving. If approved, the change would provide a full week of vacation. Board President Erica Hill called the meeting for 1 p.m. Friday to ...

WICHITA — The Goddard school district has removed more than two dozen books from circulation in the district’s school libraries, citing national attention and challenges to the books elsewhere. The list of books includes several well-known novels, including “The Handmaid’s Tale” by ...

WICHITA — The largest school district in Kansas plans to open a COVID-19 immunization site after the vaccine was approved for kids aged 5-11. Wichita district spokeswoman Susan Arensman said the school system hasn't administered any shots yet to the 5-11 group and won't be going ...

The Lawrence school district now has a plan to spend its newest chunk of federal pandemic aid. The school board on Monday approved a spending plan for $13.5 million of relief funding, which now must be approved by the Kansas State Board of Education. The funding comes from the third round of ...

The Lawrence school district has received another $13.5 million of federal coronavirus pandemic relief funding. The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider a spending plan for those funds, which must also be approved by the Kansas State Board of Education. The funding comes from the ...

A Douglas County child care organization recently received a nearly $600,000 grant to help support the development of the new early-childhood development center in eastern Lawrence. Community Children’s Center announced in a news release Thursday that it had received the grant from the ...