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Free State junior achieves highest national speech and debate honor
Free State High School junior Anwen Williams has reached a prestigious milestone after scoring in more than 375 rounds of speech and debate competition so far.
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Proposed STEAM middle school schedule includes longer school days, late start Wednesdays
The Lawrence school district’s planned STEAM middle school could have a late start in addition to early dismissal on Wednesdays, longer school days, and other factors differing from the other middle schools.
Lawrence school district looks to staffing incentives, other cost-saving ideas as enrollment declines
As enrollment keeps trending downward, Lawrence school board members on Monday heard some additional details about possible ways to cut costs, including hiring specialized positions rather than going through contractors.
Lawrence school board president, superintendent say reinstated administrative positions are necessary to support principals
The Lawrence school district’s superintendent and school board president on Monday defended the reinstatement of two administrative positions that had previously been cut from the district’s budget.
Lawrence school board to hear budget update with data on declining enrollment, ideas to cut costs
As enrollment continues to decline, the Lawrence school district is considering ways to cut costs, such as hiring employees rather than outside contractors and using solar energy, according to a budget update the school board will receive Monday.
Haskell to host four Indigenous musicians at ‘Femme Fest 4’ show
Four Indigenous musicians from around the country will be featured at a femme-empowering show hosted on Haskell Indian Nations University’s campus Sunday.
Two young musicians to perform at ‘Piano Prodigies’ concert in Lawrence
Two young pianists, including a 16-year-old from Lawrence, will be featured at a virtuosic concert this Saturday.
House bill imposes $10,000 fine on Kansas public colleges, universities for misuse of DEI policy
The Kansas House tentatively approved legislation Wednesday imposing a $10,000 fine for every instance in which a public university or college tied student admissions or faculty hiring to an ideological pledge or statement related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
La’Ron Williams clinches second place in Kansas Youth of the Year competition
Free State High School senior La’Ron Williams has won second place in the 2024 Boys & Girls Club Kansas Youth of the Year competition.
KU Theatre production to examine community-building, conflicts between blue-collar workers
”SWEAT,” an upcoming KU Theatre production, will narrate conflicts amid community-building in the American working class.
Screening, panel at KU to discuss the fight against Native American mascoting
Several KU departments will come together to host a free screening of the documentary “Imagining the Indian” Wednesday, followed by a panel discussion with members of the group Not In Our Honor.
After school closures, Lawrence families grapple with fractured communities, future of school district
After the Lawrence school board voted to close two elementary schools last year, some local families now wrestling with doubts about their future in the district and the community.
Longtime KU Innovation Park executive selected as new CEO
Adam Courtney, who has worked at KU Innovation Park for more than 10 years, has been named the organization’s new CEO.
Transparency concerns loom at Lawrence school board meeting; district will follow new plan to make up snow days
The Lawrence school district will follow a revised plan for the district’s middle and high school students to make up time lost to snow days, though school board members voiced concerns about how district administrators handled the issue and communicated the plan to families.
Lawrence school district tentatively changes plans, will keep early dismissal Wednesdays for final quarter
Lawrence school district administrators and teachers union members have tentatively agreed to a plan to make up snow days by adding days to the end of the year instead of nixing early dismissal on Wednesdays for middle and high schoolers.
Lawrence school district shares plan to make up snow day time; Free State students walk out in protest
The Lawrence school district will have no more early dismissal on Wednesdays this year for middle and high schoolers to compensate for snow days, leaving some high schoolers upset enough to walk out.