We continue our recap of the 11/23/2020 Board of Education meeting with Julie King’s presentation on AASD’s pool of substitutes. The district is currently at 57% of their substitute pool compared to 2019. They had 469 last year but only 269 this year thus far. […]
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Appleton Area School District
Learning Matrix Review At 11/23/2020 Board of Education Meeting
We continue our saga of the 11/23/2020 AASD Board of Education meeting. After public input was logged, AASD’s chief financial officer, Greg Hartjes, reviewed some background information related to the matrix to change between educational models. The Learning Model Re-evaluation Matrix has 3 primary criteria […]
Public Comment and Parent-Proposed Resolution From 11/23/2020 Board of Education Meeting
I have been able to review most of the 11/23/2020 Board of Education meeting and can begin recapping it. I plan on tackling it in chunks over the next few days. [These things are always a bit of a bear to get through, particularly when […]
Board Of Education Passes Resolution Encouraging Community Members To Re-Commit To Following Health and Safety Guidelines
As per usual, Monday evening Board of Education meetings conflict with my work schedule, but I was able to tune in for the section in which the Board took up Jim Bowman’s resolution. In that resolution, the Board of Education encourages everyone in the community […]
Write-Up For 11/09/2020 Board of Education Meeting
The Board of Education met 11/09/2020. They had a work session in which they went over the I-Ready testing data (which you can read about here and here.)Â PUBLIC COMMENT Kay Eggert summarized the communication the Board received that was intended to be public comment […]
Barry O’Connell’s Speech At The 11/09/2020 Board of Education Meeting
At the 11/09/2020 Board of Education meeting, board member Barry O’Connell gave a 7 minute speech presenting his views about the pandemic, AASD’s response to the pandemic, and parents’ response to AASD’s pandemic response. As Deb Truyman pointed out, it seemed fairly preachy, but he […]
Superintendent Baseman’s Report At 11/09/2020 Board of Education Meeting
I’m not sure how useful it is to post Superintendent Judy Baseman’s reports/speeches from each of the Board of Education meetings because they seem fairly similar. Nevertheless, here is her report from the 11/09/2020 meeting. [Just as a note, although the statewide coronavirus numbers she […]
AASD To Remain Virtual For Remainder of Semester Hopefully Start Hybrid Instruction 01/19/2021
AASD leadership just sent out a letter regarding their plans for the rest of the semester and the steps they will be taking to increase in-person learning. They will remain fully virtual for the remainder of the semester and hopefully start a hybrid model of […]
Contact Info For Board of Education Members and AASD Administrative Staff
A reader had asked if there was a list of emails for Board of Education members. Here is a list for Board members and administrative staff. Board of Education members: AASDBoard@aasd.k12.wi.us jamesrbowman@aasd.k12.wi.us kayseggert@aasd.k12.wi.us jahnkegary@aasd.k12.wi.us barrypoconnor@aasd.k12.wi.us leaholson@aasd.k12.wi.us deborahctruyman@aasd.k12.wi.us Administrative Staff: basemanj@aasd.k12.wi.us Kopplingerclar@aasd.k12.wi.us HARTJESGREG@aasd.k12.wi.us KingJulie@aasd.k12.wi.us VANDENBOOGAARD@aasd.k12.wi.us vogelben@aasd.k12.wi.us
AASD Enrollment Down 5 Percent From Last Year
Greg Hartjes reviewed the Appleton Area School District’s enrollment numbers at the 11/09/2020 Board of Education meeting. The state requires them to count enrollment on the 3rd Friday in September. On that day the total number of enrolled students was 15,690 students, which was 377 […]