Enrollment outlook for Lawrence District 497 schools fall
Lawrence District 497 expects 8 067 students this fall an increase of 19 from last year with total district enrollment matching the 1969 figure. Growth is seen mainly at the senior high while elementary and junior high populations decrease. Boundary shifts and busing changes aim to balance classrooms and maintain a pupil teacher ratio near 25 to 1.
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Lawrence
Last Falls
Lawrence High
Central
West
South
Riverside School
Pinckney
Indian Kaw Valley
Kennedy
Knox
Broken Arrow
South Lawrence
First National Bank of Topeka
Eldon Flory
John Spearman Sr
Helen Gilles
Kenneth Anderson
Flory
Journal-World
Anita Strecker
Boy and Girl Scouts
4-H
PTA
Lawrence schools expand music and art for elementary students
Lawrence's cultural arts department increases music classes for grades one through six to twice weekly and forms new sixth grade choruses. A continued art program with gallery and museum lectures expands, with fifth and sixth graders visiting KU Museum of Art. Planners expect growing participation across fifth to twelfth grades and a larger Lawrence High marching band next year.
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Lawrence
Kansas University Museum of Art
Gallery Guild
Wayne Nelson
KU Art Museum
Joy Browne
Nelson
Reducing Waist Bulge Through Exercise and Diet
The article advises two methods to trim a bulging waist. Do sit ups with bent knees to strengthen abdominal muscles and tighten the waist, says Dr. Allan J. Ryan. The second method is to eat fewer calories and exercise regularly to reduce abdominal fat, per the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Allan J. Ryan
University of Wisconsin
Journal of the American Medical Association
Lawrence Students Travel Far on 1970 71 Special Activity Trips
Lawrence schools logged 25 288.7 miles on 454 trips using buses during 1970 71 with 22 013 passengers. Total cost 10 660 dollars and 2 067 hours of travel. average trip 4.6 hours and 42 cents per mile. Trips reached Topeka and Emporia and included sites like the Eisenhower Memorial and Nelson Art Gallery.
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New York
San Francisco
Lawrence
Bill Womack
Topeka
Capitol Building
Abilene
Emporia
Nelson Art Gallery
Kansas City
Womack
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Carl Knox
LHS
Sunset Hill
Calvin Rice
India
Raw Valley
Riverside
Schwegler
South Junior High
Lawrence’s
Decorating Center, Inc
Bill Koefer
Pod" Miller
Porter Paints
Armstrong
Congoleum Sebring
LDC
Lawrence Launderers
DRY Cleaners
New Hampshire
Isiz West
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