UW Lab School

That’s even though both the school district and the university oppose the plan.

Last year, the University of Wyoming effectively gave the UW Lab School an eviction notice. But now a bill is moving through the Legislature to rescue the K-8 grade school.

The Albany County School Board decided in a split vote to close the UW Lab School, expressing regret over the decision they felt forced to make after the university “evicted them” from their campus location.

In a letter, state lawmakers requested testimony about the future of the University of Wyoming Lab School. Last summer UW gave the K-8 school one year to vacate the campus premises. Representatives from the school district and UW came forward at a recent interim education committee meeting.

The UW Board of Trustees voted to extend an agreement with the Albany County School District to house the Lab School. This comes after the school district failed to sign a new contract with UW last year, saying they couldn’t settle on issues like security and staff costs.

When middle schoolers at the UW Lab School in Laramie first heard they were going to be studying garbage as part of the nation-wide initiative Project…