Editing Lawrence, Kansas (section)

==Education==
[[File:US-KS-Lawrence--2008-01-12-T-04-42-P-um-al.jpg|thumb|New York Street Elementary School in Lawrence]]

===Primary and secondary education===
The [[Lawrence USD 497]]<!--UNI 08400--> public school district includes almost all of the Lawrence city limits.<ref name=DouglasCOSDmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20045_douglas/DC20SD_C20045.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Douglas County, KS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-05}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20045_douglas/DC20SD_C20045_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> This district has 12 elementary schools, four [[middle schools]]. and two high schools. The city's 12 public elementary schools include: Langston Hughes Elementary (named after [[Langston Hughes]]); Quail Run Elementary, Cordley Elementary (named after [[Richard Cordley]]), Hillcrest Elementary, Kennedy Early Childhood (formerly Kennedy Elementary, closed in 2021), Pinckney Elementary, Prairie Park Elementary, New York Elementary, Schwegler Elementary, Sunflower Elementary, Sunset Hill Elementary, Woodlawn Elementary, and Deerfield Elementary.<ref>{{cite web |title=Schools & Services Directory |url=https://www.usd497.org/domain/5788 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301063256/https://www.usd497.org/domain/5788 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=July 3, 2019}} List of schools in USD 497.</ref> The middle schools include: West, Billy Mills (named after [[Billy Mills]], and formerly named South), and Southwest. The high schools include: [[Lawrence High School (Kansas)|Lawrence High School]] and [[Lawrence Free State High School]] (the athletic teams of the former are nicknamed the Chesty Lions, and those of the latter are the Firebirds).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence High School |title=History of Lawrence High |url=https://www.usd497.org/domain/7358 |access-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Free State High School |date=2021 |title=FSHS School Profile 2021-22 |url=https://www.usd497.org/cms/lib/KS01906981/Centricity/Domain/9207/FSHS%20Profile%2021-22.pdf |access-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref>

Newer developments in the northwestern part of the Lawrence area, including a few small parcels of the city limits, are within the boundaries for [[Perry–Lecompton USD 343|Perry-Lecompton School District]],<!--UNI 10620--><ref name=DouglasCOSDmap/> and students in this area attend Lecompton Elementary, Perry Elementary, Perry-Lecompton Middle School, and Perry-Lecompton High School.

Private schools include [[Bishop Seabury Academy]] (grades 6 to 12) (affiliate of Episcopal Church), Veritas Christian School (grades pre-K to 12) (interdenominational), St. John Catholic School (grades pre-K to 8), Corpus Christi Catholic School (grades pre-K to 8), Raintree Montessori School (grades pre-K to 8) ([[Montessori education|Montessori school]]), Prairie Moon School (grades pre-K to 8) ([[Waldorf education|Waldorf school]]), and Limestone Community School (as of 2023, grades K to 4).

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:KUStrongHallJayhawkMarch2006.jpg|thumb|Strong Hall on the KU Campus]]
[[File:Fraser Hall.JPG|thumb|Fraser Hall on the KU Campus]]

The [[University of Kansas]] is the largest public university in the state with total enrollment of just more than 30,000 students (including approximately 3,000 students at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, KS).<ref name="ku3">{{cite web|url=http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/25/enroll.shtml|title=KU News – KU enrollment breaks 30,000; sets records in minority enrollment, ACT scores|publisher=news.ku.edu|access-date=November 10, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224180315/http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/september/25/enroll.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> A [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] school, the University of Kansas has more than 170 fields of study and the nationally known [[Kansas Jayhawks]] athletics programs. [[Haskell Indian Nations University]] offers free tuition to members of registered Native American tribes. However, students are required to pay semester fees similar to many other colleges in the United States. It has an average enrollment of more than 1,000 (with students hailing from all 50 U.S. states and from over 150 tribes).<ref name="About Haskell">{{cite web|url=http://www.haskell.edu/about.html |title=About Haskell |publisher=Haskell.edu |access-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518023340/http://www.haskell.edu/about.html |archive-date=May 18, 2012 }}</ref> Haskell University is also the home of the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame and the Haskell Cultural Center. Several private Christian colleges and schools are in Lawrence as well, such as Heritage Baptist College.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://heritagebaptistchurch.cc/spiritual-growth/|title = Spiritual Growth &#124; Heritage Baptist Church}}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[File:Lawrence Public Library entrance.jpeg|thumb|Lawrence Public Library (2014)]]
The first library in Lawrence was started in October 1854 and was a subscription library costing $1 a year.<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=Library History|url=http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/renovation-construction/test-page-2/|website=Lawrence Public Library|access-date=September 28, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929045245/http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/renovation-construction/test-page-2/|archive-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref> After the [[Lawrence massacre|Lawrence Massacre]] destroyed the library, a new one was started in 1865 and placed under city jurisdiction in 1871. In 1902, Peter Emery successfully got a grant from [[Andrew Carnegie]] to build a new library at 9th and Vermont Streets. The [[Lawrence Public Library]] opened in 1904. A new library to replace the aging and outdated Carnegie Building was completed in 1972 at 7th and Vermont Streets with voters approving a bond issue in 2010 to expand and update the building.<ref name="lib">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/renovation-construction/test-page-2/|title=Lawrence Public Library|website=Lawrence.Lib.KS.us|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> During construction, the library moved to 7th and New Hampshire in the former [[Borders (retailer)|Borders]] bookstore. The new library opened in July 2014.<ref name="ljworld4">{{cite web|url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/jul/26/new-librarys-grand-opening-dazzles-eager-readers/|title=New Lawrence Library's Grand Opening Dazzles Eager Readers|website=LJWorld.com|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref>

The Lawrence Public Library was one of seven libraries in the United States that won the [[American Institute of Architects|AIA]]/[[American Library Association|ALA]] Library Building Award in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=2016 AIA/ALA Library Building Award winners announced|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/05/2016-aiaala-library-building-award-winners-announced|access-date=September 29, 2017|agency=American Library Association|publisher=ALAnews|date=May 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929231302/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/05/2016-aiaala-library-building-award-winners-announced|archive-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref>