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Superintendent highlights volunteer food efforts, backpack meals and Lawrence’s FIFA World Cup role
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Janice Kerswift outlined district partnerships that delivered more than a dozen pallets of snacks, assembled 185 grant-funded backpacks, noted a $15,000 donation split for sports nutrition, and announced Lawrence as a 2026 FIFA World Cup base-camp community with educational opportunities.
Superintendent Dr. Janice Kerswift told the Lawrence Board of Education on Feb. 23 that the district is leaning on community partnerships to support students’ basic needs, school programming and staff recruitment.
Dr. Kerswift said volunteers and the Lawrence Schools Foundation recently delivered more than 12 pallets of snacks and that volunteers assembled 185 grant-funded backpacks filled with ready-to-prepare meals to support students who need additional nourishment…
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