Appleton Area School District
We continue our long slog through the 01/11/2021 Board of Education Meeting. You can view it in its entirety here. As already covered… (a) Ed Ruffolo declined to fill the board vacancy.(b) The Board considered and voted on the resolutions up for a vote at […]
The Board of Education met 01/11/2021. The biggest news from the meeting was that Ed Ruffolo, the person they had chosen to fill the Board vacancy called them and declined to accept the position. After the extended closed session in which they discussed the Ed […]
During the 01/11/2021 Board of Education meeting, the Board considered the 10 resolutions that the Delegate Assembly of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) will be voting on during the annual state education convention held online this year from January 20-22. Each school district, […]
The Post Crescent got a hold of Edward Ruffolo. Per their article, “because Ruffolo had already filed for candidacy in the April election, his name will remain on the ballot. Ruffolo said he does not plan to do any campaigning. He said he’s received ‘threatening […]
The Board of Education met in closed session for around 3 hours. When they returned to open session, Board President Kay Eggert gave the following statement: “I have a brief announcement regarding the vacant seat on the Board of Education. As the public is aware, […]
The Board of Education is meeting 01/11/2021 at 6pm. Of particular interest is that they “will entertain a motion to convene in closed session, pursuant to s. 19.85(1)(f) and under the attorney-client privilege to review and discuss social or personal histories and/or specific charges concerning […]
On 01/08 and 01/09 the Board of Education held two marathon work sessions with a consulting group about the Coherent Governance model of school board governance. I will be honest, these meetings are probably chock full of relevant and interesting tidbits. Certainly the way the […]
Health Officer Eggebrecht gave a Covid-19 update at the 01/06/2021 Common Council meeting. Per Health Officer Eggebrecht, since March Appleton’s numbers have been steadily increasing and as of 01/06/2021 we were at 6,666 cases (confirmed and probable). We have, however, seen a steady significant change […]
With the appointment of Edward Ruffolo, the current Vice President of the Appleton Education Foundation, to the AASD Board of Education it is very easy to start wondering why AEF members are so strongly represented on the Board of Education. Ed Ruffalo is the current […]
As reported yesterday, the Board of Education chose Ed Ruffolo to fill the board vacancy. I did get a chance to watch the video of the meeting. The interview process consisted of 2 rounds. The first round consisted of the 6 candidates who showed up […]