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Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Education March 24, 2025 - 9:51 pm

Lawrence school district looking to add preschool classes at neighborhood schools

by Maya Hodison

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.

August Rudisell / Lawrence Times file photo
Education December 3, 2024 - 4:13 pm

Some Lawrence schools having heat issues; district says ‘dress in layers’

by Maya Hodison

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.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Education July 11, 2024 - 1:46 pm

As Montessori phases in, New York Elementary teachers left without jobs leave the district 

by Cuyler Dunn

Almost every traditional classroom teacher at New York Elementary has left the district this year as the school phases in the Montessori method, leaving teachers who can’t afford the time or cost of training without a job at the school.

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Education January 20, 2024 - 5:39 pm

Lawrence Youth of the Year winner to be selected at community ceremony

by Lawrence Times

Three candidates will give speeches Thursday in front of family, friends and community members, and one will be selected as the 2024 Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Youth of the Year.

Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life January 17, 2023 - 9:34 pm

Photos: MLK Chili Feed returns to New York Elementary School

by Chloe Anderson

For the first time in two years, New York Elementary School held an in-person community meal in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 

Lawrence news January 14, 2023 - 5:38 pm

Chili feed to bring community together in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

by Maya Hodison

Lawrence community members are invited to join together for a comfort-food meal to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Education May 2, 2022 - 12:06 pm

Fifth grade teacher set to leave Lawrence schools bolstered Indigenous studies curriculum

by Emma Bascom

A fifth-grade teacher at New York Elementary, who has left her mark helping students and even her colleagues better understand Indigenous history, is leaving Lawrence Public Schools following a difficult school year occupied by uncertainty.

Education April 26, 2022 - 12:15 am

Lawrence school board approves Montessori program for New York Elementary

by Emma Bascom

The Lawrence school board narrowly approved implementing a Montessori program at New York Elementary this fall to serve 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds and kindergarteners.

August Rudisell / Lawrence Times file photo
Education March 11, 2022 - 6:42 pm

Lawrence school district plans to move forward with Montessori at New York Elementary

by Lawrence Times

The Lawrence school district plans to move forward with offering a public Montessori education at New York Elementary School, pending school board approval.

Tricia Masenthin/The Lawrence Times
Education December 15, 2021 - 1:27 pm

Lawrence school district explains Montessori idea for New York Elementary; budget committee to hold meeting today

by Emma Bascom

There is no current proposal or recommendation to close New York Elementary School, according to Lawrence Public Schools spokesperson Julie Boyle.

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