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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1972
Page
7
Lawrence district reports 640 plus applications for 58 teaching posts, with 49 retirements and resignations driving vacancies down. New special education positions rise to 17, boosting total staff to 454. Minority hiring efforts add 5 Blacks to a 16 person minority count.
The Lawrence school district hires show most new teachers are young and Kansas educated with 48 of 58 positions filled. Of those 48, 25 are inexperienced, 18 have one to five years, and 10 hold master’s degrees while 37 have bachelor’s degrees. Most degrees come from Kansas schools with several others from Missouri and a few from Indiana Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Arkansas Wyoming Illinois and Tennessee.
Lawrence High School sophomores and new grade school students report Friday for the start of classes on August 28. LHS students pay fees, check out books, buy an activity ticket and yearbook, and are photographed. Basic text book fee is 14 dollars and activity ticket 5 dollars and yearbook 6 dollars. Juniors and seniors had reported earlier. New grade school students needing to register for fail classes must attend either 9 to 11 30 a.m. or 1 to 3 p.m. at their school.
The Kansas Park and Resources Authority was awarded a 58 214 grant by the Department of Interior to develop more recreation facilities at 12 state parks. The announcement was made on Wednesday in Topeka Kansas.
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