On 05/10/2021 the Appleton Area School District Board of Education took up the issue of renaming Lincoln Elementary as Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary – Home of the Lincoln Lions. I’ve already posted the cliff notes version along with a clarifying update, but here is the […]
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AASD Board Of Education Votes To Consider A Name Change For Lincoln Elementary
On 05/10/2021 the Appleton Area School District Board of Education took up the issue of renaming Lincoln Elementary as Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary – Home of the Lincoln Lions. As expected, they voted 5-2 to consider the name change. This was not a vote to […]
AASD Board Of Education Meeting Scheduled For 05/10/2021
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 05/10/2021 at 6pm. There are several items of particular interest. 1. The Board will be holding a public hearing for Request to Waive Hours of Instruction Requirements and Request to Waive the Kindergarten as a […]
Board Of Education Meeting Scheduled For 04/26/2021
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 04/26/2021 at 6PM. This will be the first meeting that Ed Ruffolo will be participating in as a Board member. They will be electing Board officers and appointing a CESA 6 Representative and a WASB […]
Board Of Education Votes To Add 2.67 Additional Hours of Instructional Time Per Week To 9-12 Grade Schedule For Last 5 Weeks Of School
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education held a special meeting 04/21/2021 to consider the addition of a new learning model for the grades 9-12 educational framework. The original proposed plan would have kept Wednesdays virtual and then added 15 minutes of additional instructional […]
Board Of Education To Consider Changes To 7-12 Instructional Model
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is holding a special meeting tonight, 04/21/2021, to consider changes to the learning model for grades 7-12. Per the memo attached to the meeting details, the school administrative team is proposing to keep Wednesdays fully virtual but […]
Board Of Education Holds Charter School Contract Renewal Until Next Regular Meeting
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 04/12/2021. One of the items they took up was the 5 year contract renewals for the Fox Cities Leadership Academy charter school and the Foster Elementary Charter School. [I found this entire discussion interesting because it […]
Board Of Education Holds Discussion Of Learning Models Until Special Board Meeting The Week Of April 19
One of the items on the agenda for the 04/12/2021 Appleton Area School District Board of Education meeting was “Potential Updates to Safe and Resilient Framework (Secondary Learning Model Options)” This ended up not being discussed and instead was held until a Special Board meeting […]
Board Of Education Discusses Draft Language Of School Renaming Policy
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 04/12/2021 Although not up for a vote, the board did discuss the proposed changes to the school facility naming policy. Updating this policy to include guidelines on renaming facilities is a precursor to removing the name […]
Board Of Education Meeting Scheduled For 04/12/2021
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 04/12/2021 at 6PM. The big item of the night is a discussion and potential vote on “Potential Updates to Safe and Resilient Framework (Secondary Learning Model Options)”. The Policy Board Review Committee will also be […]