Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
On the last Monday morning of the school year at Lawrence High, the building is mostly quiet as bleary-eyed students and educators prepare for finals. Then Lizzie the therapy dog interacts with a human. Suddenly the space lights up.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Virtual School graduate Gloria Worthington told her classmates that things don’t always go as planned, but they will go forward to change the world anyway.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Gratefulness was the theme Friday as families, teachers, paras and students celebrated this year’s group of C-Tran and secondary therapeutic classroom graduates from Community Connections at Pinckney.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A staff member described this year’s nine graduates from Project SEARCH, the Lawrence school district’s program for young adults with disabilities who are entering the workforce, as “our group of character.”
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
The Lawrence Schools Foundation on Tuesday presented its annual Bobs Award to special education teacher Brad Stoll, who works with students of all abilities across the Lawrence school district through the adaptive P.E. program.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Students who participated in Lawrence Public Schools’ adaptive triathlon on Wednesday agreed the cheers they received from their supporters made all their hard work worth it.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
It’s been more than six weeks since a Lawrence resident found a dog — now named Nash — bleeding from wounds all over his body. Nash is healing well, and he’s ready to transition to foster care.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Olympian Billy Mills said he believes this year’s class of Haskell Indian Nations University graduates will lead the healing of generational trauma in their communities.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
KU students took the second day of their pro-Palestine protest to the front door of Chancellor Douglas Girod’s office. Lawrence High School students also walked out to join the movement.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
More than 100 pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside Fraser Hall for 17-plus hours Wednesday, calling on KU to disclose and divest any financial connections with Israel amid monthslong violence in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people.
