For those who are considering attending the parade on Tuesday to celebrate the Kansas City Royals’ World Series win, Lawrence schools will be in session as scheduled, according to Lawrence schools spokeswoman Julie Boyle.

Lawrence public schools congratulate the Royals and encourage students and staff to wear blue to school Tuesday in celebration, Boyle said.

The 2.3-mile parade is scheduled for noon on Tuesday and will begin in the Kansas City Power & Light District and be followed by a victory rally at 2 p.m. More information about the parade, including routes, is available on the Visit KC website.

In other education-related notes:

If your preteen or teen is interested in baby sitting, there is a class to get them started. The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a Safe Sitter course for those ages 11 to 17 designed to give participants the safety and business skills to become professional baby sitters.

Safe Sitter will be held 5:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. on Nov. 11 and Nov. 18 at the Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. The course includes safety skills like CPR and practical skills such as feeding, changing and dealing with problem behavior. Class will also include introductory business skills like marketing and price negotiation.

Participants will receive a certificate and a baby sitter handbook upon completion of the program. The cost of the class is $65 and you can register online at the LPRD website or at any LPRD facility

For more information, you can contact Jo Ellis, recreation instruction supervisor, at 330-7355.

Third- through fifth-graders in the Lawrence school district are attending school-only performances at the Lied Center on Tuesday and Wednesday. The students will see the play “Mistatim,” which centers on a friendship between two 11-year-olds living on either side of a reservation boundary.

High school students in the district attended the performance of “Black Violin” last month, and middle school students and kindergarten through second-grade students will attend performances in March. A full schedule of the school performances is available on the Lied Center’s website.

This is the first year for the free, school-only performances for middle and high school students. Fundraising efforts of the Lawrence Schools Foundation and Friends of the Lied help to support the performances. Members of the public may make a donation specifically for expanding performing arts access on the foundation’s [website][4].

[4]: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/lawrenceschoolsfoundation