The public feedback comments regarding Appleton Area School District’s proposal to change the name of Lincoln Elementary to Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary – Home of the Lincoln Lions have been posted. There are formatting issues with the PDF the district has provided and some of […]
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Question And Answer Session At The 02/22/2021 Board of Education Meeting
During the 02/22/2021 Appleton Area School District Board of Education Meeting, there was a question and answer session after the leadership team announced that 5-6 grades would be returning to 5 day a week in-person instruction starting March 15 and 7-12 grades would be moving […]
Public Comment From 02/22/2021 Board of Education Meeting
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education received quite a number of emails intended for public comment at the 02/22/2021 Board of Education meeting. 34 separate individuals contacted them which is slightly more than double the 15 people who contacted them for the 02/08/2021 […]
AASD Eyes March 15 And April 5 For Increased In-Person Instruction For Grades 5-6 and 7-12
Some fairly big news from the 02/22/2021 Board of Education meeting. The Appleton Area School District is planning to return 5-6 graders to 5 day a week in-person instruction and move 7-12 graders to 4 day a week in person instruction. March 15th is the […]
Board of Education Meeting Scheduled For 02/22/2021
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 02/22/2021. They were originally going to be voting on whether or not to rename Lincoln Elementary Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions, but, as posted, that is on hold due […]
Board of Education Will Not Vote On Renaming Lincoln Elementary Until Facility Naming Policy Is Updated
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education will not be voting on renaming Lincoln Elementary on 02/22/2021 as originally planned due to inadequacies in their naming policy that need to be addressed first. The Policy Review Committee is scheduled to meet March 9. Tentatively, […]
Board of Education To Hold 9 Hour Coherent Governance Training Session On 02/19/2021
The Board of Education is holding a work session on 02/19/2021 from 8am to 5pm. They’ll be undergoing “Coherent Governance Implementation Training and Policy Development”. There was some discussion at the last meeting of Jim Clemons, the newest Board of Education member, attending this meeting […]
Where Are The Meeting Records For The Committee Promoting Lincoln Elementary Name Change?
As Superintendent Judy Baseman reported to the Board of Education, a team composed of community members, Appleton Area School District employees, and City of Appleton employees came together in February of 2020 to discuss how best to honor Ron Dunlap’s legacy. At some point during […]
Renaming Lincoln Elementary Would Mark The First Time AASD Has Removed A Person’s Name From A School To Replace It With Another Person’s Name
In light of the proposal to rename Lincoln Elementary School after Ron Dunlap, I reached out to the Appleton Area School District to find out what the district’s history is in regards to renaming schools. It appears that this would be the first time that […]
The Board Of Education Should Not Approve Renaming Lincoln Elementary
The Appleton Area School District is asking for public comment on the proposal to change the name of Lincoln Elementary to the Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions. The deadline to submit feedback is 4pm on Friday, February 19. You […]