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Superintendent Rick Doll announces resignation he said as he began to address board members. “It’s been a really tough couple of days.” Doll, 61, has accepted a fulltime position as associate Doll
By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde
Rick Doll, Lawrence’s superintendent of public schools, announced at Monday evening’s school board meeting that he is resigning to take a job elsewhere. “This is really hard for me,”
professor and executive director of the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute at Kansas State University. “I honestly want to say that I have nothing that is driving me from my work here in Lawrence,” Doll said. “But I love teaching; I miss teaching. Even when I was at Louisburg, I still
taught. I would really like to get back to teaching. As you know, in a larger school district, the larger it gets, the farther you get from teaching.” Doll, who took over after Superintendent Randy Weseman retired, has been superintendent in Lawrence since July 2009.
“As I said in my letter of resignation, my seven years at the district have been the most challenging and the Please see DOLL, page 4A l Lawrence Schools
Foundation selects new executive director. Page 4A
Menards plans plant in Lawrence
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$25M project would create 100 jobs By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
Lawrence may be set to become a Menards town. Just weeks after the home improvement retailer built a large store near 31st and Iowa streets, a division of Menard Inc. wants to build a $25 million production plant and warehouse that would add 100 jobs to Lawrence. Please see MENARDS, page 2A l State organization names
Lawrence an “entrepreneurship community.” Page 3A
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FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SPEAKS TO A CROWD OF MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE Monday at Kansas University’s Lied Center. President Clinton was honored with the 2015 Dole Leadership Prize at the event.
Ex-president, honoree cheers bipartisanship at Dole award ceremony By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep
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ormer U.S. President Bill Clinton’s decades of interactions with Bob Dole proved a common thread throughout Clinton’s bipartisanthemed address Monday at Kansas University. “One of the things I always liked about Bob Dole is that he could fight you like there’s no tomorrow, but he never closed the door on something that could help a real person,” Clinton said. Please see CLINTON, page 6A
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