Community Survey
Please complete this survey
by December 19, 2024. Thank you!

Fall Community Engagement

What are our best hopes and dreams for the future of our children? What do we need and want most for our students as we move forward in Lawrence Public Schools?

No one knows better the strengths and celebrations, the challenges and areas for improvement for the future of Lawrence Public Schools than the students, school families, and staff who make up our school community and the Lawrence partners who support our work.

As we move forward in planning for the future, we want to hear from you!

Does Your Group
Want to Host
a Community Conversation?

Sign up to host here.

We will accommodate as many groups as possible. 
If we cannot accommodate your group, please invite
your members to attend one of the scheduled 
Community Conversations listed here and to share
their input via our Community Survey.

A Message from the Superintendent

Dear Lawrence Public Schools Community,

We invite you to participate in a variety of opportunities for community conversation this fall and share additional thoughts via an online survey.

From your personal/family experience with Lawrence Public Schools,

• In what areas are we doing well and should continue to strengthen?
• In what areas do we have opportunities for improvement?
• What do you see as the top priorities as we move forward together this year?

We will use what we learn to inform and align our work with the voices, needs, and direction of our community. High-quality public schools are an outcome of engaged, caring communities.

Thank you. We hope to spend time in conversation with you this fall!


Jeanice Kerr Swift
Interim Superintendent
Lawrence Public Schools 

Dr. Swift appreciates
having visited with you!

• Lawrence Schools Foundation Kids Expo 
• All Lawrence Public Schools
• Lawrence Community Safety Fair 
• Lawrence Special Education Advisory Council (L-SEAC)
• Lawrence Education Association Trivia Night
• Rainbow Kids & Families Board of Directors
• Schools Foundation Board of Trustees
  
• Schools Foundation Meet & Greet with Jaunelle White
• Schools Foundation Community Education Breakfast 
• USD 497 Principals
• LHS vs FSHS Soccer 
• USD 497, LEA, PAL, Schools Foundation, & Truity All-Staff Mixer
• Chamber Taste of Lawrence Mixer
• Haskell Indian Art Show
• Lawrence Art in the Park 
• The Chamber Board of Directors 
• USD 497 District Administrators and School Principals
• East Lawrence Neighborhood Association Block Party
• Haskell Welcome Powwow
• Free State and LHS Homecoming Parades
• Candidate Meet and Greet Events
• October 8 Community Conversation co-hosted by Billy Mills MS
  and Lawrence Special Education Advisory Committee
• Lawrence High School Orchestras Concert
• October 29 Community Conversation hosted by Liberty Memorial Central MS
• Leadership Lawrence Education Day
• Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee
• November 8 Community Conversation at the Lawrence Public Library
• November 12 Community Conversation at Southwest Middle School
• Lawrence Interfaith Alliance
• The Chamber Governmental and External Affairs Committee
• Community Conversation Hosted by Southwest Middle School
• Conversation with Lawrence High Students
• Community Conversation Hosted by West Middle School
• Conversation with Lawrence Virtual School Students
• Conversation with Free State High School Students
• Community Conversation with KU School of Education Faculty