Back in July, I posted about the number of Appleton Area School District high school students who received a D or an F on their 2020-2021 second semester report card. 38.10% of students at North had at least one D as did 49% of students […]
Year: 2021
City Plan Commission Meeting 08/25/2021 – Will Vote On Approving A Plat For Trail View Estates And Approving The Downtown Business Improvement District 2022 Operating Plan
Appleton’s City Plan Commission is meeting 08/25/2021 at 3:30PM. They have no informational items and only two action items. Action item 1 is a request to approve a plat for Trail View Estates. Action item 2 is the “annual review and request to approve the […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 08/23/2021
On 08/23/2021 Appleton recorded 12 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 4 new probable cases. Active cases dropped by 57 to 189. Cases out of isolation increased by an equally impressive 73 to 9,125. Deaths remained unchanged at 65 for the 111th day in a row. […]
Utilities Committee Meeting 08/24/2021 – Will Vote On A Storm Water Consulting Services Contract And A Biosolids Transportation, Application, And Incorporation Contract
The Utilities Committee is meeting later today, 08/24/2021, at 5PM. It has two action items on the agenda… (1) Awarding a stormwater consulting services contract for Apple Creek Road/Haymeadow Avenue The main things the contractor would be doing is preparing “an independent drainage study that […]
Transit Commission Meeting 08/24/2021 – Will Vote On Northern Winnebago Dial-A-Ride Contract And Review Financial and Ridership Reports
The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 08/24/2021 at 3PM. Outside of the monthly approval of payments, the only other action item is a request to aware the Northern Winnebago Dial-A-Ride contract to Running Inc. Although Running Inc’s per ride rate was higher than the […]
Board Of Education Appoints Amanda Stuck and James Bacon To Fill The Two Board Vacancies
After determining that 2 candidates had the necessary support from 3 Board members, the Appleton Area School District Board of Education voted 5-0 to appoint Amanda Stuck and James Bacon to fill the two vacancies on the Board. View full meeting video here: https://youtu.be/_8x-oEphqMY
Appleton Board Of Education Votes To Require Masking For Upcoming School Year; Will Review Decision In October
After around an hour and half of public comment regarding the proposed mask mandate within the Appleton Area School District, the Board of Education voted 4-1 to require masks be worn inside all AASD facilities. Superintendent Judy Baseman said they were recommending mask requirements at […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 08/20/2021-08/22/2021
From 08/20/2021 to 08/22/2021 Appleton recorded 35 confirmed coronavirus cases and 21 probable cases. Active cases rose by 44 to 246. Cases out of isolation increased by 12 to 9,052. Deaths remained unchanged at 65 for the 110th day in a row. We’ll see if […]
Appleton’s Interim Health Officer Meets Statutory Requirements To Head Level III Health Department; Obtained These Qualifications After Being Appointed As Interim Health Officer
As I mentioned in my recap of the 08/11/2021 Board of Health meeting, it was not clear to me whether Appleton’s Interim Health Officer Sonja Jensen met the statutory requirements to head a Level III Health Department. While it was stated that the State of […]
Board Of Education Meeting 08/23/2021 – Will Vote On Mandating Masking In Schools And Filling 2 Board Vacancies
My vacation has drawn to an end and I will be back tomorrow with regular updates and recaps. The meeting of most interest on is probably the Appleton Area School District Board Of Education Meeting. They are meeting 08/23/2021 at 4PM. At 4PM they will […]