The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 09/09/2025. One of the items they reviewed was the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year Summary. Over the year, the District had $234.3 million in revenue and $248.5 million in expenses for a deficit of $14.2 million. They had […]
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Appleton Area School District Board Of Education Discusses Strategies To Deal With $13-$15 Million Structural Deficit, Reviews Areas And Strategies To Reduce Costs
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 08/25/2025. They spent around 50 minutes continuing their discussion about how to deal with the District’s structural deficit. The deficit is between $13 and $15 million dollars, and Superintendent Greg Hartjes stated, “[W]e have never faced […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses Truancy Initiative With AASD Representatives, Reviews AASD’s Recommended Dispositions For Potential Truancy Ordinance
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 08/13/2025. They spent slightly over an hour receiving an update from Appleton Area School District staff and asking questions regarding the push to implement a new municipal truancy ordinance. AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes presented some information on the number […]
Municipal Services Committee Approves Multiple Action Items – Designs For New Streets In Two Subdivisions, Permit For Edison Elementary To Stencil Safe Walking Route Markers On Sidewalk, Agreement Pertaining To Permanent Traffic Signal At Richmond And Ridgeview
The Municipal Services Committee met 07/21/2025. Most of the meeting was taken up with the design hearing for the reconstruction of Oklahoma Street, but they did take up a number of action items, none of which prompted much discussion and all of which were unanimously […]
AASD Board Of Education Discusses Structural Deficit That Could Reach $15 Million, Reviews State Budget Impacts On Budget, Considers Whether To Solve Deficit Only Through Referendum Or Through Referendum And Cuts
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 07/14/2025. They continued their ongoing discussion about how to deal with the District’s $12 million+ structural deficit. This discussion followed three previous discussions on the matter, one that took place on 05/12/2025, one that took place […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses Truancy Ordinance With AASD Staff
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/09/2025. Over an hour of the meeting was taking up with a discussion about the Appleton Area School District’s request for the City of Appleton to reinstitute a truancy ordinance. AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes brought in three AASD staff […]
Board Of Education Meeting 07/14/2025 – Will Continue Discussion Of Estimated $12.5 Million Structural Deficit
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 07/14/2025 at 6PM. They will be voting on a number of materials purchases for English Language Arts and Social Studies as well as a price increase for paid school lunches. They will be reviewing a […]
AASD Board Of Education Discusses $11 Million Structural Deficit – Board Members Do Not Indicate Any Cuts They Are Willing To Pursue, Suggest That AASD Is Spending Too Little
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 06/23/2025. They continued their ongoing discussion about how to deal with the District’s $10-$12 million structural deficit. This discussion followed two previous discussions on the matter, one that took place on 05/12/2025 and one that took […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Presentation On District Efforts To Curb Student Absenteeism And Truancy
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 06/11/2025. The committee spent nearly 40 minutes receiving and discussing an update from the Appleton Area School District regarding the initiative to bring back an anti-truancy ordinance in the City of Appleton. AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes as well as […]
Board Of Education Discusses Strategies To Deal With $11 Million Structural Deficit
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 05/12/2025. One of the items they discussed was strategies for how to deal with the District’s increasing deficit. During the 2023-2024 school year AASD had a deficit of over $12 million. For the 2024-2025 school year […]