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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

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NEWS: Construction on Sixth Street

Eli Roust, Yearbook Photo Editor January 24, 2024

Every day, more than 1,200 students get out of school at 3:10. By 3:30, hundreds of them are still sitting at stoplights or at a standstill in traffic. According to a poll sent out on the @fsjournalism...

Freshman Emma Joseph writes on a new desk. Teachers feel the transition in space has been positive but challenging. “The space was not designed to be a special education classroom.” SpEd teacher Marie Wheeler said. “We had to be super creative with where we were setting up work stations.”

SpEd classroom upgrade makes students more comfortable

Zanna Ingram, Reporter October 10, 2019

  One word can sum up the most notable aspect of the 2019-2020 school year: construction. With new chairs and tables in the cafeteria, a modern library with glass pods for individual studying and...

Construction Walkthrough

Construction Walkthrough

Katie Diaz, Kameren Prather, Videographers January 18, 2019

 

After school, students use the library for a quiet place to study, but with the proposed construction plan this could change. The proposal suggests to change the name to Learning Commons.

District Maps Out Construction Plans

Ahmed Jakmouj, Reporter November 29, 2017

Beginning in 2019, Free State will undergo a $15 million renovation. The proposed renovations include adding of at least seven classrooms, expanding the library, building new facilities for the growing...

Office renovation spark criticism and praise

Lauren Brittain, Copy Editor September 15, 2015

Sleek. Unfinished. Contemporary. Fishbowl. The heavily renovated 200 hallway and brand new office addition of Free State has garnered many names in it’s short two weeks of life. Voter approval of...

The offices are currently under construction but are planned to be finished by the 2015-2016 school year.

New construction will increase school security

Kenneth Palmer, Reporter May 5, 2015

The bell rings at 8:05 a.m., just as freshman Ava Cormaney’s mother pulls her car into the circle drive on the south side of the school. This year, running a few minutes late generally calls for a quick...

Underclassmen, construction lead to limited senior parking

Hala Hamid, Reporter October 15, 2014

When arriving to school early, senior Dominic Katsbulas finds a parking spot in senior parking without a problem. However, when running late and arriving at 7:55 a.m. or later, the only available spots...

Field Frustration

miranda davis March 21, 2010

Spring sports are around the corner, and construction has been going on for a year and a half on Free State athletic fields. Yet not all sports have fields ready.   "The original completion date for...

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