Tuesday is the last day for candidates to apply for the position of Lawrence public schools superintendent, and after that the process will start to move along a bit more quickly. Consultants with McPherson and Jacobson, the national firm the school district hired to aid in the search, have ...

Educate Lawrence, a local public education advocacy group, is organizing a presentation on Tuesday about funding and legislation affecting public schools in Kansas. Funding for Kansas public schools is the biggest category of spending in the state, and last year the Kansas Legislature ...

Loose change is not usually highly sought after by teenagers, but parents of sixth-graders at South Middle School may be noticing the contrary. The students have been competing in a “penny war” to raise money for the Boys & Girls Club Teen Center. The students have already raised ...

For teens who like to read and write (and also like free books), the Lawrence Public Library has a book club that combines all of the above. This is the second and final year for the Teens’ Top Ten Book Club at the library, which allows participants to read (and keep) new releases and ...

High school students filed into the old courtroom at the Douglas County Courthouse Wednesday morning, and took their seats as jury members at a trial that has played out many times before. Usually, the trial that is central to the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” proceeds with the turn of ...

There is a new gymnastics open gym time for early-release day from Lawrence public schools. Open gym for children ages 6-12 will be held on Wednesdays from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. at Sports Pavilion Lawrence, 100 Rock Chalk Lane. During open gym, children can work on the bars, balance beams, ...