Board Of Education Votes To Extend Mask Mandate Until At Least February 17

A week before the mask mandate was slated to end, the Appleton Area School District Board Of Education voted to change course and continue requiring mask until at least February 17. The Post Crescent has an article about it here: https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2022/01/10/appleton-schools-mask-decision-reviewed-monday-board-meeting/9132701002/

Board Of Education Meeting 01/10/2022 – Will Reconsider, Discuss, And Vote On “Mask Optional” Date

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 01/10/2021. They’d hold a work session at 4:00PM and then start the Board meeting proper at 4:30PM or upon the conclusion of the Work Session. They will start the meeting out by moving to closed […]

9 Candidates Vying For 4 Seats On AASD Board Of Education – Amanda Stuck Does Not Seek Reelection

The candidates for the 4 seats on the Appleton Area School District Board of Education are in. Current board member Amanda Stuck will not be seeking reelection. Incumbents who are running: James Bacon James Bowman Deborah Truyman Challengers who are running: Andrea Klitzke Jason Kolpack […]

Board Of Education Discusses In Greater Detail The Details And Timing Of A Referendum

Now that the Appleton Area School District has committed to going to a referendum to ask the taxpayers for more funding, I thought I would recap the key meetings that lead up to that decision. The AASD Board of Education had their discussion at the […]

Board Of Education Receives Presentation On Finances And Enrollment Numbers Related To Referendum – If Referendums Don’t Pass, Taxes Will Go Down By $100 For A $100,000 Property

Since the Appleton Area School District Board of Education has decided to continue on the path of a referendum, I thought I should go back and review the information from some of the previous meetings regarding this. Yesterday I posted a recap of the first […]

Board Of Education Receives Overview Of Proposed $98 Million Referendum

Now that AASD has committed to going down the referendum path I thought it would be a good time to go back and review the factors that are driving that decision. During the 09/30/2021 Board of Education work session, Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes reviewed […]

AASD Board Of Education Receives Updates On Referendum Process And Plans

Planning surrounding a potential Appleton Area School District referendum has been discussed at both the November 22, 2021 Board of Education meeting as well as the most recent meeting on December 13, 2021. On November 22, AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes reviewed the draft […]

Board Of Education Meeting 12/13/2021 – Will Go Into Closed Session To Discuss School Administrator Resignation

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 12/13/2021 at 5PM. The Board will be going to closed session for the purposes of considering individual administrator and teacher contract matters. I would assume this is related to the resignation of Ian Schaefer, the […]

Board Of Education Holding Two Meetings 12/07/2021 – One To Start The Processes of Finding A New Superintendent, One To Plan For A Future Referendum

There are two Appleton Area School District Board of Education meetings scheduled for 12/07/2021. The first meeting, scheduled at 7:30AM, is a special meeting of the Board to start the process for finding a new Superintendent. The second meeting, scheduled at 6:30PM, and is a […]

Board Of Education Holding Special Meeting 11/28/2021 Regarding Superintendent Judy Baseman’s Retirement

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is holding a special meeting on 11/29/2021 at 6PM. They will be hashing out details related to Superintendent Judy Baseman’s upcoming retirement. They will be going into closed session, so there may not be much of interest […]