I did want to give a bit of an update on a post from last week. As you may recall, I had been communicating with Appleton Area School District Superintendent Judy Baseman. There were a couple questions I had…. (1) In light of the fact […]
Category: AASD
Board Of Education Candidate Amber McGinley Retains Lawyer In Response To Being Banned From AASD Property
As written about in the Post Crescent and linked to earlier here, Appleton Area School District Board of Education candidate Amber McGinley has been banned from AASD property. She has retained a lawyer, Brady R. Henderson of Cream City Law, LLC. Here is the full […]
Board of Education Candidate Amber McGinley Releases Statement In Response To Being Banned From AASD Property – “The District’s ban is the latest in a series of efforts to retaliate and silence our family for standing up for the rights of our son and other special needs students to be treated fairly.”
Board of Education candidate and AASD parent Amber McGinley has released a statement in response to having been banned from AASD property. I am an outspoken advocate for kids with disabilities in a district that doesn’t want kids with disabilities in its classrooms. The District’s […]
Board Of Education Candidate Amber McGinley Banned From AASD Property
School Board candidate and Appleton Area School District parent Amber McGinley has been banned from AASD property. The Post Crescent has written a very thorough article about it. Highlights include… In the Feb. 22 letter — addressed to McGinley from Nan Bunnow, assistant superintendent for […]
Superintendent Baseman Clarifies AASD Use Of Probable Cases In Burden And Trajectory Calculations; Refuses To Comment On Plans For Fall Semester
I have been trying to get to the bottom of why School Superintendent Baseman told a parent back in November that the Appleton Area School District would only be using confirmed cases to calculate burden and trajectory numbers but is now including probable cases when […]
Conversation With Board of Education President Kay Eggert
On 03/04/2021 I spoke with Appleton Area School District Board of Education President Kay Eggert. I specifically reached out to her to learn more about whether Ed Ruffolo was actively seeking a position on the Board of Education after he told the Post Crescent that […]
AASD Board Policy Review Committee To Consider Changes to Facility Naming Policy
The Appleton Area School District Board Policy Review Committee, is meeting 03/09/2021 at 8:30AM. They will be reviewing and discussing the current policies surrounding (1) naming school facilities, (2) Sponsorships, and (3) Gifts and Bequests to Schools. They will then be voting on revising the […]
AASD Says Proposed Lincoln Elementary Name Change Isn’t About Removing Anyone, But They’ve Already Received 12 Calls To Remove Columbus Instead Of Or In Addition To Lincoln
In among all of the feedback the Appleton Area School District received regarding the proposal to rename Lincoln Elementary to Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary – Home of the Lincoln Lions, were 12 separate calls to rename Columbus Elementary instead of or in addition to renaming […]
Public Feedback Regarding Proposal To Rename Lincoln Elementary
The public feedback comments regarding Appleton Area School District’s proposal to change the name of Lincoln Elementary to Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary – Home of the Lincoln Lions have been posted. There are formatting issues with the PDF the district has provided and some of […]
AASD Eyes March 15 And April 5 For Increased In-Person Instruction For Grades 5-6 and 7-12
Some fairly big news from the 02/22/2021 Board of Education meeting. The Appleton Area School District is planning to return 5-6 graders to 5 day a week in-person instruction and move 7-12 graders to 4 day a week in person instruction. March 15th is the […]