The district has selected Amy McAnarney as Free State High School’s new head principal, after a month-long search. McAnarney’s contract is effective July 1. She is the first female head principal of...
On Friday, Feb. 25 the Center for Disease Control announced new guidelines for positive cases and mask wearing.
People living in low or medium risk areas are now recommended to choose if they would...
Update: boys' basketball won 59-47
girls' basketball lost 20-59
With the all-time record being even, the stakes are up for this year’s basketball City Showdown. Twenty-one wins for both teams,...
It started with signs posted in December banning food and drinks from the Learning Stairs. Now, students can no longer use them at all.
Freshman Isabel Miller, who frequently used the...
Once the center of Kansas’s anti-slavery movement, Lawrence now honors its history through Free State High School’s namesake.
The movement in Lawrence is separated from other anti-slavery...
After a 47-year education career, Principal Myron Graber announced his retirement this week.
“It's time to enjoy some other parts of life,” Graber said.
Working across smaller towns in Kansas...
During tonight’s USD 497 Board of Education meeting, members announced that closing schools for the upcoming school year will not be a consideration.
"The proposals in front of us are not the right...
Following a week of sound and fury over an announcement to cut the gymnastics program, no one has signed up to address the USD 497 Board of Education at their meeting tonight according to executive...
