Lawrence will soon have a disc golf course more fitting for kids and families.

The Quail Run Elementary School PTO raised funds to purchase the disc golf course for the school grounds, located at 1130 Inverness Drive. The course will be open to the public after school hours.

The course is going to include six holes with two tee locations, according to Maverick Disc Golf. Short tees average 150 feet and long tees average 200 feet and with “tougher lines.”

There are already two disc golf courses in Lawrence — at Centennial Park and Riverfront Park — but those both require some pretty long throws, especially for younger ones. Not to mention that at both those courses, beginner’s discs are apt to get lost in the woods or tall grass (or, if you’re really unlucky, the creek or river).

Maverick Disc Golf was at Quail Run to mark the tee boxes and pin locations on Friday, and the course should be complete and ready for play by May. I’ll check back in with them as that date gets closer to confirm the opening day.

Either way, it’ll definitely be an option for a summer activity to take up with the kids, perhaps with the more challenging courses as something to work up to.

In other news and notes for Monday:

– The Food Rocket cooking and gardening
club will meet at New York
Elementary from 3:05 p.m. to 4:15
p.m.

– Students at Pinckney Elementary
will take their spring pictures.

– The Sunset Hill Elementary chess
club will meet from 3:50 p.m. to 4:30
p.m.

– The South Middle School
intramural coding club will meet from
3:15 p.m. to 4 p.m.

– Parent-teacher conferences at
Southwest Middle School are Monday and Tuesday from 4:15 p.m. to
7:30 p.m.

Lunch menu options:

Elementary school level

Main dish: pepperoni pizza; hummus with cheese and pita bread; peanut butter and jelly with string cheese; chef salad with breadstick

Sides: corn, fresh sliced pears, salad bar, milk

Middle school level

Main dish: pepperoni pizza; hummus with cheese and pita bread; peanut butter and jelly with string cheese; chef salad with breadstick; hamburger; veggie shaker

Sides: sliced pears, vegetable soup, salad bar, fruit juice, fresh fruit, milk

High school level

Main dish: sweet and sour chicken with rice; egg roll with oriental rice; rice bowl; pizza; cereal with string cheese; parfait with muffin; deli bar; hummus with cheese and pita bread; peanut butter and jelly with string cheese; chef salad with breadstick; daily sandwiches

Sides: oriental blend vegetables, snap peas, pears, fruit sorbet, fruit juice, oven potatoes, salad bar, fresh fruit, vegetable soup, milk