Lawrence School District publicly unveils restructuring plan

Using a slide presentation, Lawrence Superintendent Gary Schall publicly unveiled the school district's proposed restructuring plan at the Monday night's Board of Education meeting.
A town hall meeting to discuss the plan and where residents questions are expected to be answered will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m.at Lawrence Middle School at 195 Broadway in Lawrence.
The plan which is using the concepts of the Princeton Plan, which assigns students to schools based on grade levels rather than geography.
Lawrence's plan includes closing the Number Five School and having all the district's third- and fourth-graders move to the middle school. At the middle school, third through fifth grades would make up a new lower school, while sixth through eighth would be the upper school. The middle school would be renamed.
The Number Two School would house the first- and second-graders Pre-kindergartners and kindergatners would continue to attend the Number Four School. Plans also include a renovation of the main office in the high school, where central office administrators will al be housed.

The district has scheduled open houses and family fun nights in cinjunction with the restructuring plans.

Open houses

Tuesday, Nov. 4 at the Number Two School and for grades 3,4 & 5 at the middle school.

Another open house for grades 3,4 & 5 is on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. at the middle school.

Family Fun Nights
 
Grades 3,4 & 5 on Jan. 8 in the cafeteria at the middle school.

Grades 1 And 2 on Jan. 15 at the Number Two School.

On March 3 there will Parent Like a Champion fun nights at both locations.