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Board may seek stiffer law on felonies By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
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BIBI HUMPHREY TURNS TO HER CLASSMATE, MADELEINE LANDRY, RIGHT, as their new teacher Jenny Humburg approaches the two kindergartners during a meet and greet at Deerfield School on Tuesday. Several schools around the district opened their doors for students and parents wishing to meet teachers, find their desks and take the edge off the first day of school.
Lawrence district ready to welcome back students By Nikki Wentling nwentling@ljworld.com
new faculty, starting up new programs and drafting a budget for the upcoming year. Renovation and construction projects were planned after the approval of the bond issue, and work was done to implement a blended classroom model that will be used districtwide this fall. Here is a look at some of what (or who) is new at each of Lawrence’s 21 school campuses for the coming school year.
Summer vacation has come to a close, and Lawrence students from first through ninth grade return to school today. By the end of the week, all of the district’s approximately 11,000 students will be back in class. As students once again adapt to the school routine — early mornings, regulated class periods, after-school activities and homework — they may notice some changes in Broken Arrow School The approved $92.5 million their surroundings. Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo While students were enjoy- bond issue includes districtWOODLAWN SCHOOL first-grade teacher Ronda Katt makes a sign Tuesday ing a 13-week break from class, Please see YEAR, page 5A welcoming parents and students to the start of a new school year. the district was busy hiring
The Kansas State Board of Education may ask state lawmakers next year to strengthen a law that requires local prosecutors to notify the board of all felony convictions in their jurisdiction. Board member Ken Willard, a Hutchinson Republican, made that suggestion Tuesday after the board revoked the licenses of six Kansas teachers recently convicted of felony offenses, including four who were convicted of sex offenses against minors. But agency officials said it’s possible that many more cases are slipping through the cracks because only a small number of prosecutors — 14 of the state’s 105 county prosecutors — have filed any reports with the department in the past two years. “Without it, I think we have students at risk,” Willard said. Under state law, the state board is prohibited from knowingly granting or renewing a teacher’s license to anyone convicted of a felony or who is known to have engaged in certain criminal conduct. The law also requires prosecutors to notify the board about felony conPlease see FELONIES, page 2A
Once a high school, nearly century-old KU building demolished By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com
Nearly 100 years old, the University Relations building on the far northeast end of the Kansas University campus had lived several lives throughout its history. Before being home to University Relations, the houselike structure across Oread Avenue from the Kansas Union was a high school, a faculty lounge and then offices for the KU Endowment. In its final incarnation it was an especially good-looking storage facility with an antique facade. Last week, the building went through the final phase of its life: demolition. Paul Graves, deputy director for Construction and Design Management at KU, said the University Relations building had become strucPlease see BUILDING, page 2A
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BEFORE HOUSING UNIVERSITY RELATIONS, this 100-year-old building housed the KU Endowment, a faculty club and a high school that acted as a teaching lab for students in the KU School of Education.
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DEMOLITION ON THE VACANT University Relations building was carried out in early August. Built in 1915, the building used to be home to the Oread High School.
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Lawsuit threatened The American Civil Liberties Union says it will file a lawsuit in 90 days if the state doesn’t address the issue of 14,000 voter registration applications that are in limbo. Page 3A
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