Tag: AASD

Appleton Area School District

Neighborhood Program Spring Meeting Scheduled 05/26/2022 – Greg Hartjes Will Talk To Neighborhood Leaders About AASD Referendum

On 05/26/2022 from 6PM to 7:30PM at Wilson Middle School, the City of Appleton is holding a Neighborhood Program Spring Meeting. Participants must reside in a neighborhood registered through the city’s Neighborhood Program. You can learn more about the Neighborhood Program and view a map […]

Board Of Education Meeting 05/23/2022 – Will Review Preliminary Results Of Referendum Community Survey

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 05/23/2022 at 6PM. There are a number of items on the agenda including the charter contract renewal for Renaissance School for the Arts and the Mega Results Interpretation and Indicators. The item probably of the […]

AASD Piloting New Dress Code – Includes New Language Regarding Students’ Rights And Equitable Enforcement

The Appleton Area School District is currently piloting a revised dress code. Per an email sent to families 05/17/2022, key changes include… Gender Neutral language Allowing students to come to school wearing comfortable clothing that allows them to be authentically themselves. Language on how things […]

Board Of Education Votes To Approve Purchase Of Spanish Language Readers And 8th Grade U.S. History Curriculum

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 05/09/2022. One of the items they took up was the purchase of high school Spanish language and 8th Grade U.S. History materials. This had originally been put on the 04/11/2022 meeting agenda, but then removed and […]

AASD Superintendent Judy Baseman Declines To Answer Multiple Questions Regarding District’s Transgender Policy

Some parents have been wondering what the Appleton Area School District’s policies are surrounding transgender students. Earlier this year, on behalf of those parents, then Board of Education candidate Andrea Klitzke contacted AASD Chief Financial Officer and soon to be Superintendent Greg Hartjes with some […]

Transit Commission Discusses “Trippers”, Lack Of Coordination Between Transit Schedule And School Start And End Times

The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 04/26/2022. One of the items they discussed was the “Tripper” routes. I didn’t know what “Trippers” were, but apparently, they’re special routes that Valley Transit runs during the school year that students can ride for free. The Appleton Area […]

Another AASD School With Low Enrollment Numbers Enters 14 Day Mandatory Masking Period

Appleton Public Montessori has hit the two percent threshold for positive Covid-19 cases among students and will spend the next 14 days under a mandatory masking rule. As was recently illustrated by Columbus Elementary, the Appleton Area School District’s current masking protocols disproportionally and inequitably […]

Newly Elected Board Of Education Member Pheng Thao Appears To Have Violated Campaign Finance Laws

A reader had asked if I was going to post the campaign finance documents for the Appleton Area School District Board of Education candidates. You can download those all below: An interesting item of note, newly elected Board of Education member Pheng Thao appears to […]

Columbus Elementary Currently In 14 Day Mandatory Masking Period – 3 Elementary Schools Are So Small That They Can Only Have 2 Covid+ Students Without Reaching 2% Mandatory Masking Threshold

Appleton is currently in the “Low” Community Level for Covid-19, and masking is not mandated in any City of Appleton government buildings nor are masks mandated in Appleton Area School District buildings…except for Columbus Elementary School. Columbus is currently above the 2% threshold for positive […]