Members of a new community group will be getting a clear sense of direction this week as they start work on recommendations for how to shrink the roster of elementary schools in the Lawrence school district.Whether their assigned tasks result in new directions in the coming months remains to be ...
Higher enrollmentsHere are the categories of electives offered at Free State and Lawrence high schools and the number of students — in grades 10 through 12 — enrolled in each for the coming year, in comparison to totals for 2010-11:• Health careers: 182, up 146 percent from 74.• ...
Tonganoxie ? The Tonganoxie school board is finishing up candidate interviews today as members continue their search for an interim superintendent for USD 464.Board members met Thursday and again today to interview candidates. The board is interviewing one candidate per special meeting. The ...
Negotiators representing more than 900 educators in the Lawrence school district are pushing back against their administrative bosses, arguing that teachers and other licensed personnel deserve larger raises and better benefits than they’ve been offered.And the Lawrence Education Association ...
With the turn of a tassel, it was over.Chris Wilson and 24 other students put the finishing touches on their graduation from the Lawrence Public Schools’ Adult Learning Center on Thursday night at Free State High School.Wilson, a 28-year-old Lawrence resident, was one of two graduate speakers ...
On TVLawrence’s Stefan Petrovic is among 10 youngsters featured during this week’s TV coverage of last month’s National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C.The event’s final two episodes are being shown at 5:30 p.m. tonight and Thursday on the National Geographic Channel.Petrovic, who ...
Free State High School’s marching band will get new uniforms for the coming year.Monday night, members of the Lawrence school board agreed to pursue bids for buying 200 uniforms to replace the school’s 14-year-old originals. Estimated cost: $105,000.“If we are going to have programs, we ...
The boundary that divides Free State and Lawrence high schools may not be going anywhere anytime soon, but officials who decide such matters are at least willing to discuss alternatives.Monday night, several members of the Lawrence school board — including two of the three who will remain in ...
When it comes to the long-standing boundary separating Free State and Lawrence high schools, members of the Lawrence school board intend to start asking questions that someday could lead to answers.Monday night, board members are scheduled to discuss several aspects of school attendance areas. ...
Chicago ? Preschool has surprisingly enduring benefits lasting well into adulthood, according to one of the biggest, longest follow-up studies of its kind.Better jobs, less drug abuse and fewer arrests are among advantages found in the study that tracked more than 1,000 low-income, mostly black ...
The Lawrence school district wants to pay its teachers another $500 for the coming school year, a one-time raise that would be paid in December using money the district expects to save from reduced costs on health insurance.The offer came Wednesday night from the district’s negotiating team ...
The Lawrence school district now has 26 volunteers to help guide plans to shrink its number of elementary schools.Superintendent Rick Doll announced his appointments Wednesday to the Central and East Lawrence Elementary School Consolidation Working Group, a collection of volunteers tasked with ...
School’s out for summer, opening up space for construction and remodeling crews to move in.Workers both employed and hired by the Lawrence school district are fanning out across the district, handling jobs large and small before students return to their respective classrooms and campuses in ...
A dozen students from Southwest and West Junior High Schools in Lawrence are preparing to leave early Friday morning for a trip to Costa Rica.The trip was organized through EF Educational Tours, the same group that led Justin Johnston’s trip to Costa Rica. Johnston, a McLouth High School ...
Lawrence junior high students leaving for Costa RicaA group of Lawrence junior high students are scheduled to leave Friday on a trip to Costa Rica, school spokeswoman Julie Boyle said in a statement Thursday night. The trip is not affiliated with the Lawrence school district.Justin Johnston had ...
A Lawrence High School teacher remains listed in serious condition at a St. Louis hospital Wednesday after he was injured in an accident last week in Collinsville, Ill.Laura Keller, a St. Louis University Hospital spokeswoman, said David Platt, 44, an LHS social studies teacher, remained in ...
Ashley Abbott: Mei Mei Montgomery Memorial Scholarship.Jeffrey Ahle: President’s Award for Educational Excellence, Kansas State Scholar, University of Kansas Freshman Achievement Scholarship, Army ROTC Tuition and Books Scholarship.Hannah Angelone: President’s Award for Educational ...
Ty C. Aldridge: Robert Barr Lawrence Breakfast Optimist Scholarship.Taylor E. Baloga: Del Fambrough Memorial Scholarship, Merit Scholarship, Weston Noble Music Scholarship.Morgan F. Banning: H.C. Stuart Memorial Scholarship, Jim Yowell Lawrence Breakfast Optimists Scholarship, Presidential ...
Ashley Rose Abbott, Jeffrey Patrick Ahle, Dillon C. Allen, Asa Marie Alonge, Rebecca Elizabeth Anderson, Hannah Marie Angelone, Allison Ann Arnold, Emma Ray Bader, Colin Henry Arndt Bain, Tyler Baker, Cassandra M. Barrett, Taylor C. Beals, Alex C. Becker, Dylan Phetsagrat Bergstrom, Trevor ...
Elated, anxious or indifferent, the nearly 300 graduates of Free State High School managed to celebrate the completion of their secondary educations Sunday.Now it’s up to them to decide where to go, what to do and how to build on the lessons learned while attending the school in northwest ...