I watched the first hour and 20 minutes of the Board of Education Board Policy Review Committee that met 03/09/2021. The Committee is currently comprised of Kay Eggert, Barry O’Connor, and Kris Sauter. Judy Baseman and Greg Hartjes also attended. I’ve probably remarked upon this […]
Category: Board of Education
Kay Eggert, Jim Bowman Speak About The Right Of Board Members To Participate In Political Campaigns
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 03/08/2021. Board member Jim Bowman’s participation in a private campaign event for Ed Ruffolo was briefly touched; although, somewhat bizarrely, there has been, as of yet, no public acknowledgement from Ed Ruffolo as to whether or […]
Two Members of AASD Leadership Team Retiring; Board of Education To Enter Closed Session To Discuss Professional Staff Contract Matters
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education Meeting scheduled for 03/08/2021 at 7pm promises to be interesting. Two members of the leadership team members are retiring–James Huggins the Assistant Superintendent in charge of the middle schools and Ben Vogel the assistant superintendent in charge […]
Question And Answer Session At The 02/22/2021 Board of Education Meeting
During the 02/22/2021 Appleton Area School District Board of Education Meeting, there was a question and answer session after the leadership team announced that 5-6 grades would be returning to 5 day a week in-person instruction starting March 15 and 7-12 grades would be moving […]
Public Comment From 02/22/2021 Board of Education Meeting
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education received quite a number of emails intended for public comment at the 02/22/2021 Board of Education meeting. 34 separate individuals contacted them which is slightly more than double the 15 people who contacted them for the 02/08/2021 […]
Board of Education Meeting Scheduled For 02/22/2021
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 02/22/2021. They were originally going to be voting on whether or not to rename Lincoln Elementary Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions, but, as posted, that is on hold due […]
Board of Education To Hold 9 Hour Coherent Governance Training Session On 02/19/2021
The Board of Education is holding a work session on 02/19/2021 from 8am to 5pm. They’ll be undergoing “Coherent Governance Implementation Training and Policy Development”. There was some discussion at the last meeting of Jim Clemons, the newest Board of Education member, attending this meeting […]
Appleton Area School District Board of Education Discusses Renaming Lincoln Elementary the Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions
During the 02/08/2021 Appleton Area School District Board of Education meeting, the Board considered, as an information item, the proposal to rename Lincoln Elementary to the Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions. Per Superintendent Judy Baseman, Ron Dunlop died October […]
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 […]
Public Comment Records From The 02/08/2021 Board Of Education Meeting
I was curious what all the public comment emails the Board of Education receives look like. While Kay Eggert’s summations are evocative, they don’t necessarily give a complete picture. Therefore, I put in a public records request for the public comment emails submitted for the […]