Although the Appleton Area School District Board of Education seats are non-partisan positions, that is perhaps more aspirational than actual. Ahead of the February 15, 2022 primary election, several political parties/organizations have come out with candidate recommendations. The Outagamie chapters of both the Democratic and […]
Category: Board of Education
League Of Women Voters Posts Interview Videos With Board Of Education Candidates
The Appleton League of Women Voters has posted a series of videos in which they interviewed each of the Appleton Area School District Board of Education candidates. Instead of doing it as one long forum, they opted to film individual videos for each candidate in […]
Board Of Education Receives Presentation On School Resource Officer Program
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/24/2022. During the meeting they received a special presentation regarding the role and daily activities of a School Resource Officer. AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes reminded the Board that at the November 8th Board meeting […]
Board Of Education Discusses Timeline Of Superintendent Search, Creation Of Staff And Community Advisory Groups To Interview Candidates
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/24/2022. One of the items on the agenda was an update on the Superintendent Search and Selection process. They spent some time going through the tentative schedule. On 02/21/2022 they plan to review all of the applications that […]
Board Of Education Receives Update Regarding Second Round Of Referendum Focus Group Sessions
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/24/2022. AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes gave them an update on the referendum focus group meetings that had taken place on Tuesday January 18th and Thursday January 20th. The focus group attendees had been asked […]
Board Of Education Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Receive Referendum Focus Group Update, Discuss Interview Processes For Superintendent Candidates
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 01/24/2022 at 6PM. In some respects, it does not appear to be a particularly eventful agenda. This will be 2 weeks since the Board voted to rescind their vote from November and extend the mask […]
Campaign Pages For AASD Board Of Education Candidates
February 15 is the date of the spring primary election. There are currently 9 people running for 4 spots on the Board of Education for the Appleton Area School District. The February 15 election will bring that down to 8 who will go on to […]
Board Of Education Receives Update On Referendum Focus Groups
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/10/2022. Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes provided a brief update on the referendum process. The week before the board meeting, AASD held two focus group sessions with the purpose of gathering feedback from “representative parents and […]
Board Of Education Candidate Andrea Klitzke Releases Statement Regarding Mask Mandate Extension – “The war on our children has to end. We cannot effectively educate them while perpetrating fear and division through forced mandates. The district hasn’t managed the virus, but rather the virus has managed the district.”
Andrea Klitzke, a candidate running for a seat on the Appleton Area School District Board of Education, released a statement regarding the Board of Education’s decision on 01/10/2022 to extend the mask mandate until 02/17/2022. January 13, 2022 On January 10th, the Appleton Area School […]
Board Of Education Receives Presentation On Current Covid Data And AASD Staffing Issues; Votes To Extend Mask Mandate Until February 17
On 01/10/2022 the Appleton Area School District Board of Education voted 6-1 to continue universal masking until February 17, 2022. Superintendent Judy Baseman reminded the board they had several key goals with the Covid-19 mitigation process which were (1) to mitigate the spread of Covid, […]