Overview

Save Our Neighborhood Schools (SONS) was an organization in Lawrence, Kansas created to fight against the proposed closures of elementary schools in Unified School District (USD) 497. The collection includes art, flyers, press releases, newspaper articles, and photographs related to efforts by parents and other community members to save the schools, dating primarily from 2009-2010.

Overview Unified School District (USD) 497 is located in Douglas County, Kansas and administered from Lawrence, the county seat. This collection contains records from both the central administrative offices and from individual schools in the district. Materials include administrative records, financial information, annual reports, Board of Education records, newsletters, yearbooks, Parent Teacher Association (PTA) records, bond issues, photographs, and calendars. Individual schools...