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High School Graduation 2008

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Federal grant nets schools $750,000
By David Oakes - doakes@theworldco.info
July 3, 2008
A community effort paid off for Eudora schools when the district received word Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Education had awarded it a four-year $750,000 grant to promote healthy living.
Teacher offers Jockey activewear
J-W Staff Reports
July 2, 2008
Terri Driscoll has joined Jockey Person to Person as a senior comfort specialist, a home-based business that offers women’s activewear for sale.
Board beefs up LHS drainage project as part of athletic facilities overhaul
By George Diepenbrock
July 1, 2008
Amid neighborhood concerns, Lawrence school district leaders have decided to bump up a drainage project at Lawrence High School, 1901 La. Now included in a plan to overhaul athletic facilities on the campus is an estimated $9,000 project to improve drainage on the western side of the LHS property.
First-grader reached 700 book mark
By Shawn Linenberger
June 30, 2008
Blake Phillips’ favorite book is “Ricky Ricotta’s Giant Robot.” That might be a fitting favorite, considering Blake’s reading abilities border on the superhuman. Blake, who will be a second-grader this fall at Tonganoxie Elementary School, read a whopping 700 books during first grade.
Status quo likely for SROs, guards
By George Diepenbrock
June 29, 2008
It appears things won’t change much next year for the school resource officers and crossing guards the city provides. “The city is committed to having those school resource officers there. I think it’s an incredibly good program,” City Commissioner Rob Chestnut said.
Poll: Children not prepared by schools for real world
By Nancy Zuckerbrod and Trevor Tompson - Associated Press Writers
June 28, 2008
It’s not much of a report card. Half of Americans say U.S. schools are doing only a fair to poor job preparing kids for college and the work force. Even more feel that way about the skills kids need to survive as adults, an Associated Press poll released Friday finds.
Oskaloosa resident gets his truck ‘tricked’
By Lindsey Slater
11:28 a.m., June 26, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m.
An Oskaloosa man got a makeover — on his tractor-trailer. Dave Tenpenny, an automotive teacher at Oskaloosa High School, was chosen to be on “Trick My Truck,” a show on Country Music Television that specializes in accessorizing semitrailers. But he had nothing to do with getting on the show.
States decline US grants for abstinence education
By Kevin Freking - Associated Press Writer
June 25, 2008
Skeptical states are shoving aside millions of federal dollars for abstinence education, walking away from the program the Bush administration touts for slowing teen sexual activity. Barely half the states are still in, and two more say they are leaving.
Candidates to discuss education issues
June 25, 2008
Area candidates will discuss education issues during a forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday presented by the Kansas Association of School Boards.
High gas prices complicate budget
By George Diepenbrock
June 24, 2008
The higher prices at the fuel pump appear to be complicating the Lawrence school district’s budget process, just as in other districts.
Elementary teacher planning time a topic of school negotiations this year
By George Diepenbrock
June 23, 2008
It’s a discussion several years old about how to find more planning time for Lawrence public school teachers.
Merger of education boards expected
Lawrence Education Achievement Partners and Schools Foundation to combine forces
By George Diepenbrock
June 22, 2008
Two boards that support Lawrence students and schools are expected to merge, although the public likely won’t notice a difference in services, organizers said.
6News video: School-focused charities to team up
June 20, 2008
Two charities that serve Lawrence schools are gearing up for a board merger. Leaders of the Lawrence Schools Foundation and Lawrence Education Achievement Partners have agreed to join forces.
Kids put sleuthing skills to test
By Caroline Boyer - cboyer@theworldco.info
June 20, 2008
The students ducked under the police tape and entered the scene of a bloody homicide. Then, Lyndon Rabe, of Shawnee, did the unthinkable — he leaned forward and put his hands on the table in front of him. “You know what you just did?” Sgt. Steve McCorkill chided the sixth-grader. “You left evidence. What if that was the only place the killer touched?” This was why police officers had a rule about keeping their hands in their pockets at a crime scene, McCorkill explained.
Board of Education forum is next week
J-W Staff Reports
June 20, 2008
A forum for candidates for the local representative to the State Board of Education will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawrence High School auditorium.
Audit reveals school district spending on instruction, teacher salaries rises
By Scott Rothschild
June 19, 2008
More than 70 percent of increased spending by school districts in recent years went toward student instruction, a new audit says. The audit was done at the request of lawmakers who asked how school districts spent funding increases that were approved by the Legislature after 2005, when the Kansas Supreme Court ordered more dollars for schools.
Neighbors raise concerns about LHS field work
By George Diepenbrock
June 18, 2008
Heavy rains can raise alarm bells for neighbors who live near Lawrence High School. That’s why Centennial Neighborhood residents have taken an interest in the school district’s plans to overhaul the LHS campus and add artificial turf athletic fields.
School district working on $1.5 million in improvements
Construction includes sidewalks, alarm systems, security cameras
By Lindsey Slater
June 17, 2008
Lawrence public schools are getting some summer work.
6News video: Lawrence schools go under construction
By Lindsey Slater
June 17, 2008
Students may have the summer off, but that doesn't mean Lawrence public schools are empty. Every school in the district is receiving repairs, everything from new flooring to an upgrade in security systems. 6News reporter Lindsey Slater has more on the work that is filling up our local schools.
6News video: Field improvements in the works
By George Diepenbrock
June 15, 2008
Neighbors near Lawrence High School are happy about a series of athletic field improvements in the works.
Honor rolls
June 15, 2008
Free State and Lawrence High Schools have announced second semester 2007-08 honor rolls. In addition, Central and West Junior High Schools have announced spring honor roll.
LHS alum gives $100K to school
By Alexander Parker
June 14, 2008
When Patty Kennedy heard the news that David Booth, a 1964 Lawrence High graduate, had cut a check for $100,000 to the Lawrence Lions Alumni Association, she was shocked. “You could have picked me up off the floor,” said Kennedy, the alumni association’s president.
Honor rolls
June 14, 2008
South Junior High School has announced its second semester honor roll. In addition, Southwest Junior High School has announced its spring 2008 honor rolls.
Flexibility sought in NCLB demands
By George Diepenbrock
June 14, 2008
Kansas educators asked for more flexibility to operate under the federal No Child Left Behind law during a conference Friday at Kansas University. “It is my opinion at this point in my career that the federal government’s role is that of aspiration rather than punitive and prescriptive,” said Andy Tompkins, a former Kansas education commissioner and current dean of education at Pittsburg State University.
6News video: Kansas educators discuss ‘No Child Left Behind’
June 13, 2008
Kansas educators get their chance to sound off today about the federal law that currently drives education.
District, employee agree to settle lawsuit
June 13, 2008
The Lawrence Board of Education this week agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by an employee concerning overtime compensation.
Teachers defend shock tactics in DWI program
By Allison Hoffman - Associated Press Writer
June 13, 2008
On a Monday morning last month, highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce some horrible news: Several students had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend.
6News video: 85 students get GED
By Lindsey Slater
June 12, 2008
They might already be in the real world, but the Lawrence Adult Learning Center is adding another group to its list of GED graduates. 6News reporter Lindsey Slater has more on one graduate who decided a diploma would open doors.
GED students to graduate today, begin new career paths
By Alexander Parker
June 12, 2008
For Shane Merrifield, high school was a time to chase girls and party. Studying was secondary, so the 32-year-old Topeka native dropped out during his sophomore year. That was 1992. But today, when he and 84 of his classmates, ages 16 to 50, receive their General Educational Development diplomas from the Adult Learning Center, Merrifield can move forward, past the demons that kept him, as he said, “living idly.”
Educators to discuss No Child Left Behind act
J-W Staff Report
June 12, 2008
Teachers and administrators from across Kansas will meet Friday at Kansas University to discuss education strategies in the age of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

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