A new shade structure to improve the Ryan Gray Playground for All Children in Lawrence is set to be finished this week, and a celebration is planned Friday.
Liberty Memorial Central Middle School will become a STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math — school beginning next year, school board members decided Monday.
The final Lawrence school board meeting of 2023 on Monday was also the final meeting for two board members, Erica Hill and Paula Vann.
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The Lawrence school board on Monday will decide whether Liberty Memorial Central Middle School will become a STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math — school next year.
Groups of students at Hillcrest Elementary and at Free State High School each have a chance to see their vision for a new exhibit at Science City brought to life as finalists in the ”Battle of the Brains” contest.
The Lawrence school district will aim to use a state grant of more than $530,000 to improve student outcomes, and the district anticipates that two local private schools will participate as community partners.
As part of a statewide program, many teachers in the Lawrence school district are choosing to take training on innovative ways to teach children how to read proficiently.
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Quentin Rials and Zach Harwood are being promoted from interim principals to the permanent positions at Lawrence High School and Lawrence Virtual School, respectively.
Lawrence school board members on Monday will hear a report on the district’s curriculum and structured literacy and consider adding some STEM courses.
City of Lawrence staff members have determined that seven intersections do not warrant permanent crossing guard positions for kids getting to school, and they will no longer have adult crossing guards starting Monday, Dec. 4.
