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LHS's campus has been largely empty of students since spring break when this photo was taken. The school board is to take up a plan next week to delay the start of the year.

Kansas School Board blocks executive order, leaves school opening decision up to districts 

July 22, 2020

This side entrance to Lawrence High School includes a no weapons sign.

LHS and district work together to strengthen student-staff relationships, safety concerns continue

February 16, 2019

Superintendent Anthony Lewis leans in to talk to students before school Wednesday. USD 497 administrators flooded the rotunda during late arrival to provide an increased adult presence as the district works to respond to two recent incidents of students bringing guns to school as well as the investigation of a threat reported on Wednesday.

District responds to gun incidents at Lawrence High, new threat investigated

February 13, 2019

Paraprofessional Quinton Cheney helps senior Ray Haskett work through a test for Haskett’s Senior Consumer Math class. “I get to bounce around between subjects,” Cheney said of his job as a para. “I get to learn from teachers while I help the students. It can be very humbling.”

Paraeducators wanted

September 21, 2018

Supporting the cause, community members of all ages gather to support teachers on Sept. 6 outside Liberty Memorial Middle School. Parents, teachers and students from across the district stood together on what was supposed to be Liberty’s open house night, a night teachers aren’t specifically paid to attend. “It’s a hard place to be when you’re a teacher, because they care so much about our kids, their jobs and their professions and doing what’s right,” said Jenny Skillman, the leader of the initiative.

Teachers say lack of info hurts safety

September 20, 2018

Bond Issue Passes

Bond Issue Passes

May 5, 2017

insecure — Students head to and from the annex during passing period. The annex’s open entrances make it difficult to secure for students.

Bond Issue Seeks School Makeover

April 20, 2017

New school board member has tie to schools

By Luna Stephens, Staff Writer

April 14, 2017

The school board’s newest member brings experience from both the classroom and as a parent. Melissa Johnson, teacher and mother of senior Jazmyne Mcnair, will fill Kristie Adair’s former seat as she was unanimously voted i...

Polar vortex shifts from Arctic region to US

January 29, 2014

By Ashley Hocking Subzero temperature records were shattered in first weekend of January when the cold reached a new low. A frigid whirlpool of dense air, known as a polar vortex, gripped the nation when the core of the vortex shifted downward from ...

USD 497 Bond Issue

By By Kendra Schwartz

September 26, 2012

The Lawrence school board is currently in the process of discussing whether there will be a bond put in place to fund district-wide improvements to the buildings. On September 10, a bond was suggested to be instituted in April,...

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