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 […]
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Appleton Area School District
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 […]
AASD Fall i-Ready Results For Math
I have had a chance to write up the i-Ready math results which were presented at the 11/09/2020 Board of Education worksession. (To Review how the i-Ready assessment works and see the Reading results, go here.) Steve Harrison was doing the presenting. There were slight […]
Almost 200 People In 1 Week Sign Petition To Open AASD Schools
The petition for AASD to open its schools has gotten 198 signatures within 1 week. I’m curious to see where they end up topping out at. https://www.change.org/p/appleton-area-school-district-aasd-allow-the-parents-a-choice-to-return-to-school
AASD Fall i-Ready Results For Reading
On 11/09/2020 the Board of Education had a work session to review the Fall 2020 i-Ready student assessment results. These meetings are pretty much always a slog, and this one is no exception. They covered both the Math and Reading assessment results in this presentation, […]
AASD Teacher Charged With Sex Crimes
Brian Dimmer, a (former) teacher at Wilson Middle School and coach at Appleton West has been charged with 4 felonies after engaging in sexually inappropriate behavior with a middle school student that included exposing his penis to her and asking her for nude photos. To […]
AASD Virtual Model Plus Overview
The Board of Education met tonight, but my work schedule always cuts into my ability to watch that live, so instead of coming in in the middle I decided to finish up a synopsis of the final section of the 10/26/2020 Board of Education meeting […]
Board of Education Scheduled To Review AASD i-Ready Results
The AASD Board of Education has a work session scheduled 11/09 at 4pm to review the i-ready test results. This should be interesting. I would suspect that the results will be presented in such a way that it will be very difficult to tell how […]
Change.org Petition Asking For AASD To Open Scools
Looks like one of the AASD Parents has started a Change.org petition asking for AASD to give parents a choice to send their kids back to school. They’re only seeking 100 signature and are already over a quarter to their goal after only two hours. […]