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Superintendent highlights parent‑teacher turnout, staffing outreach, campus repurpose plans and SNAP concerns amid federal pay disruptions
Summary
Superintendent Janice Kerr Swift reported high parent‑teacher conference participation at elementary schools, recruitment successes, early plans for a Centennial Choice campus, an AI advisory group application window, an AVID financial literacy session on Nov. 4, and concerns about students affected by SNAP and federal pay pauses.
Superintendent Janice Kerr Swift told the Lawrence Public Schools Board of Education on Oct. 27 that elementary parent‑teacher conferences saw strong family participation this fall and that district recruitment efforts have yielded several hires.
Swift reported elementary family participation above 95 percent districtwide, with Deerfield at 96 percent; Langston Hughes logged 651 family conferences over two days (568 general education and 83 special education conferences). Woodlawn saw a 4 percent increase to 97 percent participation. Swift singled out Prairie Park and Quail Run for family engagement events and noted that New York (school name as stated by the…
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