Welcoming ninth-graders next year will mean hiring an additional administrator at Lawrence High School and restoring hours for another at Free State High School.Members of the Lawrence school board will gather for a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at district headquarters, 110 McDonald ...
A few notes and items regarding education in the area:The Lawrence school district learned over the weekend that it wouldn’t need to be searching for more budget cuts entering the coming school year.Turns out $3 million is enough.Lawrence school board members already have signed off on plans ...
A few notes and items regarding education in the area:Langston Hughes School will be getting a new school sign for the new school year.Earlier this month, the Lawrence school board agreed to accept a donation — a stone sign — from the school’s PTO on behalf of this year’s sixth-grade ...
Neel Patel walked out of his AP Calculus AB class at 2 p.m. Friday, finally closing the book on his three-year term as a Lawrence High School student.Done. Finished. Outta here.“Technically,” he shrugged Friday.That’s because he really isn’t done.While Patel is among many classmates at ...
Neel Patel walked out of his AP Calculus AB class at 2 p.m. Friday, finally closing the book on his three-year term as a Lawrence High School student.Done. Finished. Outta here.“Technically,” he shrugged Friday.That’s because he really isn’t done.While Patel is among many classmates at ...
Topeka ? Federal education officials have rejected a request by the state for a waiver this year to increased student performance requirements under No Child Left Behind, officials said Friday.U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Michael Yudin said that while the agency appreciated Kansas’ work ...
A few notes and items regarding education in the area:Now that today is the last day of school for many seniors in the Lawrence school district, here’s something to keep your attention during the long layoff until graduation May 29:A partial and tentative* prize list for the Project ...
A few notes and items regarding education in the area:Susan Esau often enjoys opening her mail, but especially when it comes from a northern California address with “McClendon” in the top lefthand corner.Like an envelope that arrived last month, with a check inside.“It was a nice ...
A few notes and items regarding education in the area:Members of the Lawrence school board thanked teachers marking their 25th years of service — or more — as educators this year, during Monday night’s board meeting.The teachers:• Janice Fullerton, a gifted education teacher at South ...
Members of the Lawrence school board agreed Monday to lease a 12,000-square-foot warehouse near Walmart and Home Depot, a move to help the district save at least $100,000 in annual expenses by purchasing canned fruits, cleaning supplies and copy paper by the truckload instead of smaller ...
A few notes and items regarding education in the area:A senior at Free State High School is among 141 students nationwide and abroad to earn designation as a U.S. Presidential Scholar for 2011.Victoria Gilman earned the honor that goes to students who have “demonstrated outstanding academic ...
The Chesty Lions of Lawrence High School — supporters, students and members of both the marching band and players themselves — once again will be walking under an arch on their way to Friday night football games.Only this time, they’ll be on their home turf.Monday night, members of the ...
Here’s a look at a few of the items on the agenda for tonight’s meeting of the Lawrence school board, set to begin at 7 p.m. at district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive:Board members will be asked to approve changes to planned upgrades at Lawrence High School’s athletics fields, to be ...
Before the Lawrence school district can save money through buying applesauce, trash can liners and a variety of instructional supplies by the pallet — make that dozens, even hundreds of pallets — it’ll first need to spend some money to make room for all the goods.The proposed solution: ...
It’s 6 a.m., and Macio Palacio is up for breakfast. He’s going into class early to work on his art project, a drawing of a phoenix for his little brother, who’s named Phoenix.Palacio’s got a full schedule: art, integrated science, Spanish, civics, Algebra II and English. After school, ...
With the legislative clock winding down, work on the state budget halted Friday as House and Senate leaders announced an impasse.House Republicans, who hold a 92-33 majority, blamed Republicans in the Senate, while Senate Republicans, who hold a 32-8 majority, blamed Republicans in the ...
Topeka ? The Topeka school district will close three elementary schools at the end of this academic year, with one more to close after next year.The school board voted Thursday night to close Quinton Heights, Lundgren and Linn elementary schools. School officials say the closings will save the ...
A few news items and notes regarding schools in the area:Three incoming members of the Lawrence Business Hall of Fame weren’t necessarily born as financial gurus, or community servants, or visionary employers.Teachers helped them strive for success, and the laureates in the hall’s 2011 ...
Lawrence’s biggest elementary school is about to get a new principal.Monday night, members of the Lawrence school board will consider approving the hiring of G. Keith Wilson as principal of the Lawrence Virtual School, which serves students statewide from the former Centennial School, 2145 ...
Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little talked Thursday about her experiences growing up under segregation, and becoming the first female and first black faculty member in her department at a university that she was ineligible to attend as a student coming out of high ...