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Lawrence school board to consider slight property tax rate increase
Lawrence school board members on Monday will vote on a maximum mill levy for this year’s budget that would increase property taxes.
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KU chancellor, provost field questions on university’s future in 2-hour town hall
KU leaders addressed the university’s finances, diversity, equity and inclusion, choosing outside consultants over KU’s own experts, interim positions and more.
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Community questions possible K-5 classroom closure at Kennedy, district transparency
More than 80 participants attended the first of two virtual meetings Tuesday evening for the […]
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KU Debate falls just short of national championship; top team finishes with 10-1 record
Pitted against the University of Michigan in the semifinals of the National Debate Tournament, the […]
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Not quite ‘back to normal’: Lawrence teachers, parents weigh in on return to K-5 classrooms
Story updated to add counts of distance vs. in-person learners, 5:29 p.m. Tuesday, March 30: […]
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Haskell community mourns death of ‘postmistress’ at age 50; 5th staffer death in last year, report says
The Haskell Indian Nations University community suffered a tragedy on Friday with the passing of […]
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3 KU students win individual speaker awards at national debate tournament
The University of Kansas for the next year will boast the top two collegiate debate […]
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‘Big Willie’ Dotson, coach of Primetime Ballerz youth basketball team, has died
Willie Dotson III — known to many as “Coach” or “Big Willie” — touched hundreds of lives before he died suddenly on Saturday.
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Recap: Lawrence school board meeting, March 22
The Lawrence school board met Monday at the Educational Support Center. Here are the items […]
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Kennedy Elementary School could close to grades K-5 next school year
The Lawrence school district might close Kennedy Elementary to kids older than 5 soon, instead using the facility as an early childhood community center.
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Preview: Lawrence school board meeting, March 22
On the Lawrence school board’s agenda for Monday: a report from English to Speakers of Other Languages program, a draft of board operating procedures and more.
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No outside firms are under contract to hire new AD or football coach, KU says
A week removed from one of the more tumultuous stretches in Kansas Athletics history — […]
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Kansas Regents may require schools to get permission to switch athletic conferences
Also: KU seeks to add alternative admission option to standardized tests
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Lawrence K-5 schools’ first day back to in-person learning goes smoothly, district says
For the first time in a year, students are filing through the hallways of Lawrence […]
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KU likely to receive around $41M from Biden’s stimulus bill, but much still up in the air, official says
The University of Kansas is likely to receive nearly triple the amount of federal dollars […]
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KU’s Black Student Coalition leads sit-in protest over school’s handling of diversity, race issues
A week of advocacy at the University of Kansas continued in earnest Thursday, as members […]