Board of Education Coherent Governance Training Session Scheduled For 03/19/2021

Have an extra 9 hours lying around today? Feel free to spend it watching the Appleton Board of Education’s Coherent Governance training. Disappointed that you work all day and won’t be able to tune in? Never you worry, they’ll be holding another session all day […]

AASD Policy Review Committee Considers Changes To Facility Naming Policy To Allow Renaming

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]