Equity focus at Lawrence schools moves beyond numbers
Lawrence Public Schools prepare a second equity progress report after a 2015 year ending review. The district highlights a long term equity journey begun in 2005 with book studies on racial achievement gaps and graduation rates. Graduation rates rose overall from 85 percent in 2011 to about 92 percent in 2015, with white students near 93 percent in 2015. Black students showed fluctuations, from 83 percent in 2011 to 81.7 percent in 2013, then 86.7 percent in 2014 and continuing trends in 2015.
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Angelique Nedved
Lawrence Public Schools
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Kevin Harrell
Prairie chicken extinction in Douglas County highlighted
Kansas biologist Kelly Kindscher warns prairie chickens have likely vanished from Douglas County due to vanishing native tallgrass prairie. He notes remaining populations survive only in Flint Hills counties west of the county. A new Douglas County Natural Areas Inventory, by Kindscher and colleagues, maps high quality prairie and woodlands and suggests preservation steps using aerial photos, road surveys, and field work with a grant from the Douglas County Natural and Cultural Heritage program.
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Erica Staab
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LMH Diverts ICU Patients for Second Time This Year
Lawrence Memorial Hospital directed more than a dozen ICU transfers in March due to an unusual surge in patients and full beds. Spokeswoman Janice Early said the event was rare in Lawrence and noted a “perfect storm” of conditions with one patient diverted to another facility.
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Janice Early
Vice Press
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Lawrence
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