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The Lawrence school board will meet Wednesday to interview a second finalist candidate for interim superintendent, Thomas Ahart, of Iowa.
Although the minimum wage for classified staff will be raised almost $1 beginning this fall, the Lawrence school district’s lowest paid staff members still will not receive a living wage.
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Lawrence school board members will have a special meeting with a brief agenda, the district announced about six hours before the meeting start time.
A team of three Lawrence Virtual School students has won the eighth grade division of the eCYBERMISSION National Judging and Educational Event, each student earning a $10,000 savings bond.
A districtwide cell phone ban was included in a draft of an updated student handbook, but Lawrence school district administrators said Monday it was a mistake, and high school students would still be permitted to use their phones outside of classes.
At his final school board meeting, outgoing Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis said his hope for the district and greater community is “collaboration over conflict.”
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The Lawrence school district has offered classified staff members 99-cent raises to their hourly wages as part of a tentative contract agreement.
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Lawrence teachers could receive raises this fall based on the tentative contract up for the school board’s approval Monday. The board will also consider a new handbook that would ban cellphone usage at school.
The Lawrence school board is seeking community members to serve on the Boundary Advisory Committee, which will be tasked this year with examining boundaries of the district’s two high schools.
Here’s info on when students go back to Lawrence Public Schools, school supply lists, when breaks are scheduled and much more for the 2024-25 school year.
