The Appleton Area School District Board of Education will not be voting on renaming Lincoln Elementary on 02/22/2021 as originally planned due to inadequacies in their naming policy that need to be addressed first. The Policy Review Committee is scheduled to meet March 9. Tentatively, […]
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Where Are The Meeting Records For The Committee Promoting Lincoln Elementary Name Change?
As Superintendent Judy Baseman reported to the Board of Education, a team composed of community members, Appleton Area School District employees, and City of Appleton employees came together in February of 2020 to discuss how best to honor Ron Dunlap’s legacy. At some point during […]
Renaming Lincoln Elementary Would Mark The First Time AASD Has Removed A Person’s Name From A School To Replace It With Another Person’s Name
In light of the proposal to rename Lincoln Elementary School after Ron Dunlap, I reached out to the Appleton Area School District to find out what the district’s history is in regards to renaming schools. It appears that this would be the first time that […]
The Board Of Education Should Not Approve Renaming Lincoln Elementary
The Appleton Area School District is asking for public comment on the proposal to change the name of Lincoln Elementary to the Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions. The deadline to submit feedback is 4pm on Friday, February 19. You […]
Lee Snodgrass Tweets Message To Advocates Of In-Person School
Assembly Person Lee Snodgrass tweets message to people advocating for 5 day a week in-person instruction. View original tweet here: https://twitter.com/RepSnodgrass/status/1360909930870546434?s=19
Board Of Education Responds To The Report That Fs and Incompletes Are Up Considerably Compared To Previous Years
The Board of Education met 02/08/2021, and after reviewing the shockingly high number of Fs and incompletes by Appleton Area School District high schoolers in the first semester the floor was opened for questions. At the end of the presentation on grades, Superintendent Baseman had […]
Number Of AASD High Schoolers Failing At Least One Class Increases By 10.5 Percentage Points Compared To Last Year
During the 01/27/2021 Board of Education meeting, it was reported to the Board that 27.59% of Appleton Area District high schoolers were failing at least one class and 20/14% had at least one incomplete. (27.59% of Appleton Area School District High Schoolers Are Failing At […]
Student Enrollment Down 428 Since September — Potentially Down Over 1000 From Prior School Year
As you may remember, schools officially count the number of students enrolled on the 3rd Friday in September and the 2nd Friday in January. Per Greg Hartjes, on the 3rd Friday in September, 2020, AASD’s enrollment stood at 15,710. As of the 2nd Friday in […]
27.59% of Appleton Area School District High Schoolers Are Failing At Least One Class
AASD parents and, to some degree, members of the community at large have been itching to find out what students’ 1st semester grades are this year as compared to their grades last year. On 01/27/2021 the Board of Education held a work session to, among […]
AASD Teachers Pulse Survey Results (56% of Staff Not Confident AASD Will Overcome Current Challenges)
I covered the AASD Parents Pulse Survey results earlier, but there was a teachers survey that warrants highlighting also. The survey results were presented by AASD’s Studer Corporation coach JoAnn Sternke to the Board of Education at the 12/14/2020 Board of Education Work Session (which […]