Lawrence school board leaders have begun discussing potential additions to their legislative priorities earlier than usual with the goal of being more prepared to represent the district’s needs going into the upcoming legislative session. As part of the board’s meeting Monday, Lawrence ...
Students at Cordley Elementary School on Monday took part in an assembly in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Ron Brave, a member of the Oglala Sioux Nation of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, paid Cordley a visit and played Indigenous instruments for the students. Brave is a former Cordley parent ...
Lawrence school board leaders will soon consider their list of legislative priorities, including issues related to inflation, local control and the issuance of school bonds. As part of its meeting Monday, the Lawrence school board will consider approving its 2023 legislative priorities, which ...
Updated at 5:21 p.m. Friday The Lawrence Police Department is adding two school resource officers to its current team of four, LPD announced Friday. As the Journal-World reported in August, LPD offered to add two SROs back at no cost to the district, which would allow the district to return ...
A committee tasked with coming up with budget recommendations for the Lawrence school district has begun its work, which includes sketching out some financial goals for the district. The Futures Planning Committee met for the third time Wednesday evening at district offices, and one task as ...
Story updated at 5:55 p.m. Thursday: Lawrence High School cafeteria workers picketed in front of the school Thursday afternoon to express concerns about understaffing and low pay. The Lawrence school district has 114 classified staff vacancies overall, representing a 17% vacancy rate, with ...