Can't Miss Stories for Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Trick-or-treaters treat, school closure concerns and more... Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( Lock in your subscription for 1 year & SAVE $89 for 1 year, all access to LJWorld.com LIMITED TIME OFFER [Subscribe Now]( [photo]( [This Halloween starts with 110 pounds of sugar, a cotton candy machine, and ends with a line of happy trick-or-treaters]( It starts with 110 pounds of raw sugar, and it involves a magical machine that hums and whirls and produces a product that has been known to delight everybody from your great grandpa to your baby sister. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Image]( [Lawrence school board hears concerns over fallout from school closures]( At a small public gathering on Monday, the Lawrence school board heard concerns about the mental health of elementary school students impacted by school closures, as well as challenges that have arisen in getting children safely to school. [Read More]( [photo]( [Douglas County clerk says early voting turnout seems on track for similar numbers to 2021 election; key issues haven’t driven higher turnout so far]( About a week out from election day, Douglas County’s top election official says voter turnout so far is near identical to the last city-school election in 2021 — but that could be seen as a surprise, given some of the key issues surrounding Lawrence’s local races. [Read More]( [photo]( [After a year, New York Elementary’s public Montessori program is in high demand; superintendent says it would expand even more ‘if we could afford it’]( When Superintendent Anthony Lewis was first toying with the idea of a public Montessori school in Lawrence, he had a talk with a local private school director about these nontraditional schools — and about everything that Montessori education shouldn’t be. [Read More]( [Town Talk | Lawrence, like much of the state, gets a big boost in sales tax collections from back-to-school season]( The latest statistics from the Kansas Department of Revenue show Lawrence experienced an 18 percent increase in sales tax collections during the time period that normally is punctuated by back-to-school shopping. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( This message was sent by the Lawrence Journal-World. You are receiving this because at some point in the past you shared your email address with LJWorld.com To opt-out of emails like this, click the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World PO Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044