In its June 4th Family Letter, the Appleton Area School District announced that, starting Monday, June 7th masks will be optional for all students and staff within school facilities and on transportation vehicles. Other mitigation strategies such as social distancing/podding, hand sanitizing, contact tracing, and […]
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Two Weeks Remain For AASD Residents To Provide Feedback On Proposed Renaming Of Lincoln Elementary
Two weeks remain for Appleton Area School District residents to provide public feedback on the proposal to rename Lincoln Elementary School. Residents who live within the district’s boundaries can provide community feedback regarding that question here: http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/news/what_s_new/board_seeks_public_input_on_requested_renaming Just to recap, a couple years ago Mayor […]
Appleton Area School District Opens Survey To Gather Community Feedback On Proposed Lincoln Elementary Name Change
Should the Appleton Area School District rename Lincoln Elementary? Residents who live within the district’s boundaries can provide community feedback regarding that question on the AASD website here: http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/news/what_s_new/board_seeks_public_input_on_requested_renaming. Just to recap, a couple years ago Mayor Tim Hanna formed a committee of City of […]
AASD Business Services Committee Crafts Proposal To Gather Community Feedback Regarding Proposed Lincoln Elementary Name Change
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education Business Services Committee met 05/14/2021 with the aim of putting together a set of recommendations regarding gathering community feedback on the proposed renaming of Lincoln Elementary to Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary – Home of the Lincoln Lions. […]
Over 1,000 AASD Students Quarantined Due To Close Contact Guidelines; Only 8 Have Gone On To Test Positive For Covid-19
As posted earlier, the Appleton Area School District planned to ask for a waiver so that they don’t have to meet the statutorily required minimum hours of instruction during the 2020-21 school year. Not only has AASD not provided the appropriate number of instructional hours […]
Over Half Of AASD High School Students Had At Least One D Or One F On First Quarter Report Card; How Will They Compare At The End Of The Year?
With only one month left before the end of the school year, now is a good time to note where the AASD high schools started the year grade wise. Once the year ends we’ll be able to compare where they ended up to where they […]
AASD Accepting Public Comment On Proposed Science Curricula
The Appleton Area School District is accepting public comment on proposed science curricula for grades K-5 and grade 6. The deadline to submit those comments is 5pm on Thursday May 6, 2021. The K-5 curriculum is called “Mystery Science” and looks like it was created […]
AASD Has No Records Regarding The Number Of Students Offered Virtual Plus Services
I have been trying to get a handle on what the Appleton Area School District has been doing in response to the academic struggles of their high school students. Those struggles were apparent as early as when the first quarter grades were released. For example, […]
AASD Refuses To Say How Many Failing Students Received Virtual Plus Assistance
For reasons that I don’t entirely understand, it continues to be difficult to gather specific details about programs offered by the Appleton Area School District. It took some back and forth to learn that, although the school year ends in only two months, the Graduation […]
AASD Superintendent Baseman Explains Why District Opted To Provide Fully Virtual Option; Provides No Data About Graduation Coaches
I am still in the process of getting answers regarding the details of the services the Appleton Area School District has been providing to struggling students. I have some follow-up questions that I’m waiting to hear back on, but I do still have an update. […]