Lawrence Journal-World 05-20-2016

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10 of 14 Growth at FSHS displaces drama classes area eateries Black box theater to be used as multipurpose classroom

By Rochelle Valverde

Twitter: @RochelleVerde

Those who enter the black box theater at Free State High School are likely to find students on stage practicing their acting or working as crew members behind the scenes. But come next school year, that is less likely to be the case. School administrators recently announced the

theater will be used as a “flexible space” to accommodate the growing student population. As a result, drama classes currently held in the theater will be moved to a regular classroom starting next school year so the theater can be used for additional purposes, such

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as meetings or testing. The school’s drama director said the move will negatively affect students who use the stage daily to practice both acting and behindthe-scenes work such as lighting or scenery.

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FREE STATE HIGH SCHOOL’S BLACK BOX THEATER will be used as a multipurpose “flexible Please see FSHS, page 5A space” starting next school year.

Remaining 4 still owe more than $90K By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

MASS. STREET IN BLOOM

The bulk of the 13 Lawrence employers who owed a collective $112,000 to some 130 local restaurant workers have paid their debts, the U.S. Department of Labor said. However, four restaurants — many with large outstanding totals — have established monthly payment plans with the department, spokesman Scott Allen said. “Basically the way it works is the companies will send a check to the Labor Department and then we get it to the employees,” Allen said. The department began an initiative in 2014 to enforce fair labor laws throughout Midwestern college towns and resorts, Allen said. Department investigators enter local establishments, speak to employers and employees and examine pay records to ensure proper payment. Please see DEBTS, page 2A

Some at Haskell doubt results of Washington Redskins poll Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo

KELLY SCHMIDT, OF LAWRENCE, UNPOTS A PLANT AS SHE AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS were busy Thursday morning in downtown Lawrence filling flower beds with new spring offerings. Ten volunteers planted more than 270 plants.

Ex-commissioner seeking rebate for residential project Town Talk A

Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

familiar face at Lawrence City Hall may end up being the test case for new thinking about tax breaks for downtown residential projects. Former City Commissioner Bob Schumm has confirmed to me that he’s filed a request for tax breaks for a multistory office/condo project he hopes to build on Vermont Street. We’ve reported multiple

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spaces. The remaining floors would consist of 11 condos that Schumm would sell, and one top floor living space he plans to keep for himself. Plans also call for 22 underground parking spaces. Schumm has said the underground parking garage likely would require him to seek some financial incentives from City Hall. Please see REBATE, page 2A

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times that Schumm has filed plans to build a five-story building on a pair of vacant lots in the 800 block of Vermont Street, just south of the old Headmasters salon building. Plans call for a ground floor of office space, and Schumm says he has a tentative deal for a bank to be the anchor tenant of that space. The second floor would house about 30 small, high-tech office

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By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep

Ask around Haskell Indian Nations University, and you’ll certainly find some people who aren’t offended by the Washington, D.C., professional football team’s name, faculty and students say. But as many as a new Washington Post poll claims? “I guarantee you you’re not going to get a number like nine out of 10,” said Dan Wildcat, a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation who teaches indigenous and American Indian studies at Haskell. “There is something wrong with that methodology.” The Post on Thursday published a story reporting that, according to a poll initiated by the newspaper, nine in 10 American Indians aren’t offended by the Redskins’ name. Please see HASKELL, page 2A

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