For three weeks, a Tonganoxie High School football player had been delivering unwarranted hits at practice — too much, too often and, one day in particular, too unexpected.After a quarterback protected by a green jersey had been flattened by yet another improper tackle, coach Mark Elston ...
An interesting dynamic may be smoldering inside a school-consolidation scenario proposed this week by representatives from New York School.Follow me here...Among potential options suggested for elementary schools in eastern Lawrence is a plan known as “Haskell Square," which would combine all ...
Lawrence school board meetings aren’t exactly the most exciting events on earth.No news there.But some high-achieving students did manage to liven the place up a bit Monday evening, as they stood up, heard their names called and achievements recounted before lining up to accept hearty ...
Students at Free State High School likely will be spending another couple minutes a day in class when they return from winter break, all to make up for instructional time lost when officials evacuated the school Dec. 1 following a bomb threat.Superintendent Rick Doll, told members of the ...
Sixth-graders will continue to be assessed using the same standards-based grading system that’s been in place for nearly a decade in the Lawrence school district, Lawrence school board members reaffirmed Monday night.But a process designed to make the system work better — for parents, for ...
Consistency and equity are clear goals for the Lawrence school district, as exhibited by a number of projects, programs and initiatives:• Maintaining a core curriculum.• Striving for three-section elementaries.• Providing equal fields, concessions stands and restrooms at both high ...
With consolidation proposals forwarded by representatives from all six Lawrence elementary schools identified for potential closure, an advisory group’s work now turns to determining which one, if any, might work in the months and years ahead.Formal submissions from representatives of Cordley ...
Teachers don’t need gifts. Don’t expect them. Can’t expect them, even.But folks wondering what to give that special educator who helps their children learn, succeed and otherwise enjoy their time in school might want to consider some advice from Kendra Metz, a teacher in the Lawrence ...
Two fifth-graders have turned some holiday spirit into some needed supplies for the Lawrence Humane Society.Faith Brown and Taylor Hamby recently worked with fifth-grade classes at Deerfield School to collect pet food, paper towels, cleaning supplies, sheets, leashes and other items from the ...
Building more than 350 apartments containing nearly 1,000 bedrooms next door to The Home Depot would do more than attract plenty more college students to the base of Mount Oread.It also would send families — some with young children — looking for new places to set their mobile homes.Two ...
Turns out that when an emergency situation actually is an emergency situation, the Lawrence school district should use its emergency notification system to get the word out to families affected by the emergency itself.That’s the lesson taken from the district’s inability to directly notify ...
Looks like it’s time for members of the Lawrence school board to determine what, if any, new direction to take regarding the use of standards-based grading for sixth-graders.Board members are scheduled to receive a report Monday night from Rick Doll, superintendent of the Lawrence school ...
With the winter holiday season upon us, it’s important for educators in the Lawrence school district to remember the rules regarding observances, references and depictions of religious traditions in schools these days.Bottom line: Don’t focus on any one thing or song or character when it ...
In case any of the 1,502 students at Free State High School are wondering, the Lawrence school district hasn’t decided yet whether you’ll need to spend additional time in school to make up for a lost day of school.A decision is expected next week, said Julie Boyle, the district’s director ...
Randy Weseman, former superintendent of the Lawrence school district, confirmed a valuable lesson Tuesday: Connections count.That’s how Weseman, his wife and son ended up in the second row of the gymnasium at Osawatomie High School, awaiting the arrival of none other than the president of the ...
Members of the Central and East Lawrence Elementary School Consolidation Working Group now have four more scheduled meetings to refine plans and compile recommendations for transforming a list of six schools into either three or four during the next couple years.The conclusions are due by the ...
As representatives from three schools targeted for potential consolidation pointed out the strengths of their school’s programs, advisability of their locations and community strengths of their programs — all with an eye toward justifying each school’s very survival — Dawn Shew wasn’t ...
The folks at Veritas Christian School — and one student’s family in particular — received some good news recently from the nation’s capital.Preston Randall, a senior at Veritas Christian, received an nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy from U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan.The nomination ...
As the economy staggered, private college presidents enjoyed modest raises and saw the ranks of those making at least $1 million swell from 33 to 36 — including the president of a West Virginia school that’s facing accreditation problems and has one of the worst official graduation rates in ...
Scenarios for school consolidationHere are four scenarios for school consolidation set to be discussed Monday evening by the Central and East Lawrence Elementary School Consolidation Working Group, which meets at 7 p.m. at Lawrence school district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive:• ...