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Lawrence High students win awards at 2D and 3D art competition
Four Lawrence High School students won top awards at a major art competition in Merriam this week.
Lawrence High students win awards at 2D and 3D art competition
Four Lawrence High School students won top awards at a major art competition in Merriam this week.
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Haskell symposium on climate change, childhood health themed around water
Haskell’s Children’s Health and Climate Change Symposium, free to attend this week, will host health and climate scientists to discuss climate change-related wellness issues with a special focus on the impacts of water.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board to consider contracts with firms for Langston Hughes expansion
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider approving about $575,000 worth of contracts to plan and design an expansion of Langston Hughes Elementary School.
Lawrence school board to consider appointing 4th-place candidate, currently Bob Byers, to vacancy
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider appointing to a vacant board seat the fourth-place candidate who marginally loses the Nov. 7 election — likely incumbent Bob Byers.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Sacred Red Rock documentary to be screened and discussed at KU
A screening and discussion of a film documenting the rematriation of the Sacred Red Rock will be held on the University of Kansas’ campus this weekend.
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Haskell Greenhouse invites community to harvest sunchokes, join soup workshop
The Haskell Greenhouse will host a sunchoke harvest and soup-making workshop open to the community this weekend.
Lawrence school district welcomes food donations at schools
The Lawrence school district has launched a food drive to help meet its students’ immediate needs.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Public health specialists say Trump’s budget bill will harm health care structures, patients in Douglas County
Representatives from public health sectors and from the Haskell Friends and Family group spoke at a panel Thursday, attesting to the long-term negative health impacts of Trump’s budget bill across the nation and in Douglas County.
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Chabad Center for Jewish Life at KU to celebrate grand opening of new center
Community members are welcome to gather at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life at KU on Sunday to celebrate the grand opening of the new center.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence schools no longer using Gaggle, but a new tool has taken its place
The Lawrence school district has replaced Gaggle with a seemingly similar AI surveillance tool, according to Superintendent Jeanice Swift, though that change was not mentioned in documents in a lawsuit related to the software.
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Lawrence high school gymnasts compete in emotional final meet; Sunflower League ends program
The combined Lawrence high school girls gymnastics program ceases to exist following the team’s final bow on the mat over the weekend.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence schools have ceased using Gaggle AI monitoring software, court documents say
The Lawrence school district has stopped use of Gaggle, an AI monitoring software that sparked a federal civil rights lawsuit by current and former students, according to court documents.
Lawrence school board approves priorities for Kansas Legislature
Academic freedom, local control and fully-funded special education are among the main values the Lawrence school district will ask the Kansas Legislature to honor this year.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board member resigns
First-term Lawrence school board member Anne Costello has resigned from the board effective immediately.
Lawrence school board to consider approving district priorities for Kansas Legislature
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider approving a list of several requests the district will ask the Kansas Legislature to honor this year, including fully funding special education, protecting local control and more.
Nature and culture writer to speak at KU, lead guided walk through Douglas County prairie
Author and New York Times columnist Margaret Renkl will soon lead a guided prairie walk in Douglas County and give a public talk in conversation with a KU professor and poet.
