Tag: AASD

Appleton Area School District

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 […]

Board of Education Candidate Amber McGinley Releases Statement In Response To Being Banned From AASD Property – “The District’s ban is the latest in a series of efforts to retaliate and silence our family for standing up for the rights of our son and other special needs students to be treated fairly.”

Board of Education candidate and AASD parent Amber McGinley has released a statement in response to having been banned from AASD property. I am an outspoken advocate for kids with disabilities in a district that doesn’t want kids with disabilities in its classrooms. The District’s […]

Superintendent Baseman Clarifies AASD Use Of Probable Cases In Burden And Trajectory Calculations; Refuses To Comment On Plans For Fall Semester

I have been trying to get to the bottom of why School Superintendent Baseman told a parent back in November that the Appleton Area School District would only be using confirmed cases to calculate burden and trajectory numbers but is now including probable cases when […]

AASD Summer School Plans Reported To Board of Education

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 03/22/2021. After the Safe and Resilient Return Report was presented and the Studer Pulse Survey results were reviewed, Assistant Superintendent Steve Harrison reported on the district’s ongoing progress monitoring efforts and plans for Summer School. Steve […]

Recap Of 03/22/2021 Board Of Education Safe And Resilient Return Report – No Plan For When Case Numbers Improve

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met on 03/22/2021. After spending almost 2 hours in closed session, they returned to open session. They had a special presentation by Student Board Representative Ellie Behnke from East High School. After that, they moved into public […]