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 […]

Appleton Area School District Board of Education Discusses Renaming Lincoln Elementary the Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions

During the 02/08/2021 Appleton Area School District Board of Education meeting, the Board considered, as an information item, the proposal to rename Lincoln Elementary to the Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions. Per Superintendent Judy Baseman, Ron Dunlop died October […]

Board Of Education Responds To The Report That Fs and Incompletes Are Up Considerably Compared To Previous Years

The Board of Education met 02/08/2021, and after reviewing the shockingly high number of Fs and incompletes by Appleton Area School District high schoolers in the first semester the floor was opened for questions. At the end of the presentation on grades, Superintendent Baseman had […]

Public Comment Records From The 02/08/2021 Board Of Education Meeting

I was curious what all the public comment emails the Board of Education receives look like. While Kay Eggert’s summations are evocative, they don’t necessarily give a complete picture. Therefore, I put in a public records request for the public comment emails submitted for the […]