Tag: AASD

Appleton Area School District

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 […]

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 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 […]