The AASD Board of Education is holding a special meeting on 12/03/2020 to start the process of filling the seat left vacant by Leah Olson’s resignation. You can read the full rules and procedures for filling a vacancy here: It looks like the Board is […]
Common Council Meeting Scheduled For 12/02/2020
The Common Council is meeting 12/02/2020 at 7pm. Surprisingly, there appear to be no mayoral proclamations. There will be the ubiquitous Covid update. Of interest is the fact that they are reporting that Appleton’s burden is down to 901. They appear to be using both […]
Special Finance Committee Meeting On 12/02/2020
Although perhaps not as interesting as what’s going on with AASD right now, the Finance Committee is holding a special meeting 12/02 at 6:30pm. They’ll be voting on providing additional funding for the Appleton Wastewater Treatment Plant project as well as reviewing several contracts for […]
Leah Olson Resigns From AASD Board of Education
Leah Olson has resigned from the AASD School Board. I guess this explains why she wasn’t at the 11/23/2020 Board of Education meeting. Per Leah’s statement: “The continuing pandemic has forced me to evaluate my priorities and commitments. At this moment, I need to spend […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 11/30/2020
On 11/30/2020 Appleton reported 11 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 14 new probable cases. Active cases decreased by 104. Cases out of isolation increased by 126. There were 3 new deaths. Appleton has posted the weekly total for this most recent week. Up until this […]
AASD Outlines Details of K-6 Hybrid Learning Model
AASD has sent out a letter to parents of K-6 students explaining how the hybrid learning model they intend to start on January 19 will look. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday students will receive ½ day in-person instruction and ½ day virtual instruction. Students will […]
Overview Of AASD’s Substitute Pool
We continue our recap of the 11/23/2020 Board of Education meeting with Julie King’s presentation on AASD’s pool of substitutes. The district is currently at 57% of their substitute pool compared to 2019. They had 469 last year but only 269 this year thus far. […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 11/29/2020
On 11/29/2020 Appleton reported 33 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 0 new probable cases. Active cases decreased by 12. Cases out of isolation increased by 43. There were 2 new deaths.
Coronavirus Numbers For 11/28/2020
It looks like we will be getting coronavirus numbers for 11/28/2020 after all. There were 20 new confirmed cases and 2 new probable cases reported. Active cases decreased by 3. Cases out of isolation increased by 25. Although the reporting breaks out new confirmed and […]
No Coronavirus Numbers For 11/28/2020
I’m not sure what’s up with the coronavirus numbers. It’s 5pm and no new numbers have been reported yet. It looks like they probably won’t be forthcoming. Presumably, we’ll have a double batch reported tomorrow.