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City piecing together a policy on brick streets By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Lawrence has 23 miles of brick streets today. How many the city ought to have in the future is a question that’s getting some discussion. Public works department staff members are crafting guidelines on when brick streets should be rebuilt with bricks versus when they

should be removed and rebuilt with more common asphalt or concrete pavements. Brick street maintenance has been limited because the city lacks a policy, said Mark Thiel, assistant director of public works. “The brick streets basically are getting ignored, and we can’t afford to do that,” Thiel said. The fates of brick streets

MISSING AND CRUMBLING bricks on Vermont Street between West 21st and West 22nd streets made this section of road one of the five worst streets in Lawrence when the photo was taken in 2008. The designation is based on the city’s pavement condition index.

may depend on which direction they run. Thiel said the department is seeking feedback from residents of neighborhoods with brick streets. But he said department leaders have an idea they want to use as a starting point: Brick streets that run north-south generally would be better candidates to be rebuilt as

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Honoring our veterans

By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

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JACK LUNGSTRUM SALUTES during the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” Monday during a Veterans Day program at the Smith Center at Brandon Woods. Those who served in the military were recognized and presented with certificates and pins courtesy of the Crossroads Hospice. Lungstrum served in the Navy and on the USS Pensacola, which was involved in the Battle of Midway in the Pacific during World War II.

School board shies away from IB Diploma program

Lawrence’s Rick Doll named superintendent of the year

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Lawrence schools Superintendent Rick Doll has been named the 2014 Kansas Superintendent of the Year. Cheryl L. Semmel, executive director of the Kansas School Superintendents’ Association, made that announcement at Monday’s board of education meeting. KSSA is a subgroup within United School Administrators of Kansas. “I’m humbled by this recognition, which really speaks to my good fortune in working in several Kansas school districts with outstanding school board members, administrators, educators and support staff who truly care about what’s best for kids,” Doll said. Doll has been superintendent in Lawrence since 2009. Before that, he headed school

Committee recommends expanding existing AP curriculum with Cambridge Capstone By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

The Lawrence school board agreed Monday not to pursue starting an International Baccalaureate Diploma program, at least for the time being. But board members haven’t given up on the idea of searching for other kinds of advanced-studies programs to benefit college-bound students. That was the consensus on the board after a committee of teachers from both district high schools gave a report saying the program would be expensive for the district as well as for students taking part and that it would likely benefit only a small number of students who are already highly successful. “The cost was a concern,” said Tracy Murray, a history teacher at Lawrence High School who was part of the committee assigned to study the feasibility of starting an International Baccalaureate program.

One thing that makes IB so appealing is the global focus and foreign language. In the United States we are woefully behind in emphasizing language acquisition as an important skill.” — Lawrence school board vice president Shannon Kimball The International Baccalaureate, or IB program, is offered through a private, nonprofit corporation. It’s currently available in 146 countries. Like the better-known Advanced Placement, or AP program operated by the College Please see BOARD, page 9A

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Group twice as likely to smoke as general population By Giles Bruce gbruce@ljworld.com

Smoking rates in America have fallen dramatically over the past few decades. But while that’s true for the general population, it’s not the case for all demographic groups. That’s why the Kansas Health Foundation recently started an effort to decrease tobacco use among a group that smokes more than any other: people with mental illnesses. Kansans with mental illnesses are twice as likely to smoke HEALTH as the general population, according to Jeff Willett, vice president for programs at the Kansas Health Foundation and co-author of a recent paper on the topic in the Journal of American Medical Association Psychiatry. They also consume more tobacco, accounting for one out of every three Please see SMOKING, page 2A

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districts in Louisburg and Rock Creek. He served as assistant Doll superintendent in McPherson from 1989 to 1993. Doll earned his bachelor’s degree in history and education from McPherson College. He later received a master’s degree and doctorate in educational administration from Kansas State University. Doll will represent Kansas at the American Association of School Administrators’ national conference in February in Nashville, and will be considered for the National Superintendent of the Year award.

It is better than a brochure. Local economic development leaders will use tonight’s marquee basketball matchup of Duke versus Kansas as a calling card to introduce Lawrence site selectors who make recommendations about where major companies ought to locate their new warehouses, factories and other projects. The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will have a suite in the United Center for tonight’s action at the Champions Classic, and plans to host a large group of executives with site selection companies that are based in the Chicago area. “It is really a great way for us to have four or five hours of time with a dozen or more site selectors from the Chicago area,” Greg

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