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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

Due to excessive snow days, the school fell short of educational requirements, creating a modified schedule. Students fought back against the schedule, wanting the first semester schedule to stay. Photo by Elinor Russo. Design by Allison Mayhew.

NEWS: Fourth Quarter Schedule

Lilly Wall, News Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2024

After uproar following the district's new schedule release aiming to offset this year's snow days, Director of Field Education Kelly Jones called a special meeting of the USD 497 Board of Education at...

A Change in Pace

Nisa Khosh, copy editor September 2, 2021

As students returned back to school, they were welcomed with a completely new schedule.  There are 20 mods in a day; each mod is either an A course or a B course. A courses meet four times a week in...

Trenna Soderling is this year's Editor in chief of the Free Press. She is looking forward to her senior year.

Co-Editor in Chief discusses the new changes in senior year and beyond

Trenna Soderling, Co-Editor in Chief October 9, 2015

The students of Free State are no strangers to change. This year has seen an overhaul of many standards kids were used to, like a portion of the policies, the administration, the schedule and even the...

15th Street Rivalry

allison harwood April 2, 2010

"You're just jealous money can't buy tradition."   At the most recent LHS vs. Free State basketball game LHS proudly displayed a large banner reading those exact words. A saying such as this is typical...

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