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Preschool classrooms will be added to two Lawrence elementary schools next year, with the district’s vision to make enough seats for 3- and 4-year-olds accessible. The district also has plans to expand other programming.
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The Lawrence school district is telling students and staff to bundle up as several school buildings or classrooms are having heat problems, up against outdoor temperatures as low as the teens and only as high as the 30s.
Following a student’s report of an alleged threat of gun violence toward Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, police have determined the threat was not credible, according to the school district.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Despite the uncertainties with shifting to a new curriculum, there’s an air of enthusiasm inside the century-old Liberty Memorial Central Middle School building, two teachers say.
The Lawrence school district is not expecting additional costs associated with transportation for students attending its planned STEAM school, which will most likely have longer school days but maintain early release Wednesdays.
Attendance and behavior has improved among students who transferred from two elementary schools the Lawrence school board closed, according to the district. Board members will also hear an update on plans for the STEAM school at LMCMS.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
The Lawrence school district’s planned STEAM middle school could have a late start in addition to early dismissal on Wednesdays, longer school days, and other factors differing from the other middle schools.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
The Lawrence school district will host two open house events for community members to learn more about its planned STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math — themed middle school.
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A Lawrence school district committee decided Wednesday to recommend the district keep its current boundaries with the conversion of one middle school into a STEAM school next year, pushing boundary changes out a year.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Families on Wednesday gave feedback on Liberty Memorial Central Middle School’s transition to a STEAM school and asked the district committee working on middle school boundaries to maintain students’ communities.
