Lawrence schools, worried about teacher wages, consider providing cheap housing for teachers

Lawrence school officials are so worried about dwindling coffers and stagnant teacher pay, they’re having a serious conversation about something downright odd: Getting into the housing business.

School board president Rich Minder, who dabbles in co-housing development, tells the Lawrence Journal-World that the best way to attract and retain quality teachers may be to provide them with housing on the cheap — to literally make teachers spend their entire lives on school-district property, just like you figured they did when you were seven.