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Category: AASD
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 […]
Wage Negotiations Begin Between AASD And Teachers Union – District Administration Moves To Give All Employees In Good Standing Raises
There was a meeting today between AASD and the Appleton Education Association. This 5 minute meeting was a legally required step to open wage negotiations. Prior to this meeting, some parents were concerned that its purpose was for the teachers union to in some way […]
AASD Pulse Survey Results (68% of Parents Not Confident Their Children Won’t Fall Behind)
In response to a parent’s Freedom of Information Act Request, the Appleton Area School District released the results of the AASD Parent/Caregiver Pulse Survey measuring their satisfaction with how AASD is providing school. The survey asked 7 questions. I am confident that my child’s school […]
Board of Education Votes Down Additional Hybrid Options
Tonight the Board of Education voted on whether to amend the learning matrix and add additional hybrid models. As you may be aware, the district has been planning to return to school on January 19 with a hybrid model that would have split the k-6th […]
25% of AASD High School Seniors Are Failing At Least 1 Class
In response to a Freedom Of Information Act request by a parent, AASD has released information regarding the number of high school students who had at least 1 F on their 1st quarter report card. 21.46% of high school students received at least one F […]