Lawrence Journal-World 09-14-2015

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SLT IS STILL ON TRACK FOR FALL 2016 Do digital texbooks set back students?

East leg taking shape, with most work left at K-10 interchange

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Some Lawrence teachers fear low-income learners are at a disadvantage; district expanding tech

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he east leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway is still on schedule for completion in fall 2016, according to Kim Qualls, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Transportation northeast district. Much of the mainline lane paving is done, Qualls said, but all the shoulder and ramp paving remains. The east end of the SLT, which will be the interchange at Kansas Highway 10, still needs a lot of work. However, the west end — or the Iowa Street interchange, where the west leg of the SLT currently ends — won’t be as complicated. “It’s not quite as simple as (this), but there’s already a bridge in place and we just add the ramps,” Qualls said. Since May, K-10 has been reduced to one lane in both directions from East 1650 Road to East 1900 Road so workers can construct the east interchange with the SLT. Qualls said as of now, that portion of the highway is still planned to have both closed lanes reopen this December. Noise walls on the north side of the portion of the

By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

A view of the South Lawrence Trafficway looking west from where it joins Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence. Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo

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In math classes at Lawrence High School, students are snapping pictures with their cellphones. They aren’t goofing around. The students are taking photographs of pages in their textbooks so they can do their homework. This school year, the LawSCHOOLS rence district has rolled out a new model in some math Inside: and history classes in which, Technology instead of checking out a text- access is book to each student, there is among the a “classroom set” consisting district’s of 13 books. The books stay in annual goals, the classroom at all times and which will serve hundreds of students. be voted on Each student has a down- at tonight’s loadable, digital version of school board the textbook. But with equal meeting. 3A access to reliable computers and Internet connections variable, some teachers say the model creates inequity for low-income students. “The idea was to have digital access if they have a device, but not all the kids in those classes have access,” said Pam Fangohr, head of the LHS math department. Fangohr, who has been teaching for more than 30 years, explained students who don’t Please see TEXTBOOKS, page 2A

Out of the limelight, a Lied Center star By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

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or someone who isn’t a faculty member at Kansas University, Ann Hause does a lot of teaching. Standing backstage at the Lied Center, a small group of students at her side, Hause picks a spot on stage and holds her position. She stands still so one student atop a Genie Lift, dozens of feet in the air, has a chance to aim and focus a red spotlight on her figure.

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Hause then slips out of the spotlight and heads towards the lift, showing the students how to slowly reposition the piece of equipment with someone on top. “And if you’re up there you can go ahead and kneel to make it feel more stable,” she said as the students nodded along. Hause, a 15-year veteran technical director at the Lied Center, began her theater career center stage, soon to discover that she’d rather be out of the limelight. As one of the center’s three technical directors (her

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ANN HAUSE, a 15-year Technical Director at the Lied Center, recently entertained Kansas University students at her home to help kick off the new school year.

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