Category: AASD

AASD Piloting New Dress Code – Includes New Language Regarding Students’ Rights And Equitable Enforcement

The Appleton Area School District is currently piloting a revised dress code. Per an email sent to families 05/17/2022, key changes include… Gender Neutral language Allowing students to come to school wearing comfortable clothing that allows them to be authentically themselves. Language on how things […]

AASD Superintendent Judy Baseman Declines To Answer Multiple Questions Regarding District’s Transgender Policy

Some parents have been wondering what the Appleton Area School District’s policies are surrounding transgender students. Earlier this year, on behalf of those parents, then Board of Education candidate Andrea Klitzke contacted AASD Chief Financial Officer and soon to be Superintendent Greg Hartjes with some […]

Another AASD School With Low Enrollment Numbers Enters 14 Day Mandatory Masking Period

Appleton Public Montessori has hit the two percent threshold for positive Covid-19 cases among students and will spend the next 14 days under a mandatory masking rule. As was recently illustrated by Columbus Elementary, the Appleton Area School District’s current masking protocols disproportionally and inequitably […]

Columbus Elementary Currently In 14 Day Mandatory Masking Period – 3 Elementary Schools Are So Small That They Can Only Have 2 Covid+ Students Without Reaching 2% Mandatory Masking Threshold

Appleton is currently in the “Low” Community Level for Covid-19, and masking is not mandated in any City of Appleton government buildings nor are masks mandated in Appleton Area School District buildings…except for Columbus Elementary School. Columbus is currently above the 2% threshold for positive […]

Number Of AASD High School Students With At Least One D or One F Down From Previous Years But Still Account For Over 1/3rd Of Students

As you may recall, I have been checking in on the number of Appleton Area School District high school students who have at least one D or one F on their semester report card. I think it’s valuable to look at both of those grades […]

Greg Hartjes And Cassandra Schug Named As Finalists For AASD Superintendent Position

The two finalists for the Appleton Area School District position of Superintendent have been announced as current AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes and Watertown Superintendent Cassandra Schug. View WHBY article here: https://www.whby.com/2022/03/04/appleton-school-board-names-two-finalists-for-superintendent/

In Spite Of Updated CDC Guidance, AASD To Continue Requiring Masks/Face Coverings For Early Childhood and Appleton Community 4K Students And Staff

Although the CDC states on its “COVID-19 Guidance for Operating Early Care and Education/Child Care Programs” webpage that the “new COVID-19 Community Levels recommendations align precautions for educational settings with those for other community settings”… And although Outagamie, Winnebago, and Calumet counties all have low […]