The Appleton Area School District Board of Education held a special meeting 04/21/2021 to consider the addition of a new learning model for the grades 9-12 educational framework. The original proposed plan would have kept Wednesdays virtual and then added 15 minutes of additional instructional […]
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Appleton Area School District
Board Of Education To Consider Changes To 7-12 Instructional Model
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is holding a special meeting tonight, 04/21/2021, to consider changes to the learning model for grades 7-12. Per the memo attached to the meeting details, the school administrative team is proposing to keep Wednesdays fully virtual but […]
Board Of Education Holds Charter School Contract Renewal Until Next Regular Meeting
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 04/12/2021. One of the items they took up was the 5 year contract renewals for the Fox Cities Leadership Academy charter school and the Foster Elementary Charter School. [I found this entire discussion interesting because it […]
Board Of Education Holds Discussion Of Learning Models Until Special Board Meeting The Week Of April 19
One of the items on the agenda for the 04/12/2021 Appleton Area School District Board of Education meeting was “Potential Updates to Safe and Resilient Framework (Secondary Learning Model Options)” This ended up not being discussed and instead was held until a Special Board meeting […]
Board Of Education Discusses Draft Language Of School Renaming Policy
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 04/12/2021 Although not up for a vote, the board did discuss the proposed changes to the school facility naming policy. Updating this policy to include guidelines on renaming facilities is a precursor to removing the name […]
AASD Refuses To Say How Many Failing Students Received Virtual Plus Assistance
For reasons that I don’t entirely understand, it continues to be difficult to gather specific details about programs offered by the Appleton Area School District. It took some back and forth to learn that, although the school year ends in only two months, the Graduation […]
AASD Superintendent Baseman Explains Why District Opted To Provide Fully Virtual Option; Provides No Data About Graduation Coaches
I am still in the process of getting answers regarding the details of the services the Appleton Area School District has been providing to struggling students. I have some follow-up questions that I’m waiting to hear back on, but I do still have an update. […]
A Preliminary Response From Superintendent Baseman Regarding Virtual School Next Fall And Plans To Help Failing Students
I did want to give a bit of an update on a post from last week. As you may recall, I had been communicating with Appleton Area School District Superintendent Judy Baseman. There were a couple questions I had…. (1) In light of the fact […]
Ed Ruffolo Spends $8,000 Pursuing School Board Position After Claiming He Would Not Actively Campaign
The Ed Ruffolo saga continues to be bizarre. Not only has he done an about face and started actively campaigning after he told the public he would not, but he has spent over $8,000 of his own money on his campaign, which seems like a […]
Board Of Education Candidate Amber McGinley Retains Lawyer In Response To Being Banned From AASD Property
As written about in the Post Crescent and linked to earlier here, Appleton Area School District Board of Education candidate Amber McGinley has been banned from AASD property. She has retained a lawyer, Brady R. Henderson of Cream City Law, LLC. Here is the full […]