With Outagamie And Winnebago Votes Fully Reported And Calumet Partially Reported, Top 4 Board Of Education Candidates Are Thao, Bacon, Bowman, And Truyman

The Appleton Area School Board election results are fully in for Outagamie and Winnebago counties, and 7 of 13 precincts have reported results in Calumet County. The four candidates with the most votes are: Pheng Thao James Bacon Jim Bowman Deb Truyman It’s hard to […]

Historical Covid-19 Community Levels – Appleton Has Been In “High” Category From September Through January For Last Two Years

I thought it would be useful to go back through Covid case counts and hospitalization rates and get an idea of what the weekly community levels would have been under the CDC’s current measures. I think this is particularly important for people who will be […]

Board Of Education Meeting 03/21/2022 – Will Vote On Superintendent Contract, Accept Resignation Of Assistant Superintendent Polly VandenBoogaard

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 03/21/2022. They’ll be receiving a presentation on the Action for Healthy Kids School Health Index Report and a report on a proposed update to the Homeless Education Program Policy. They will also be voting on […]

Number Of AASD High School Students With At Least One D or One F Down From Previous Years But Still Account For Over 1/3rd Of Students

As you may recall, I have been checking in on the number of Appleton Area School District high school students who have at least one D or one F on their semester report card. I think it’s valuable to look at both of those grades […]

Board Of Education Receives Mid-Year Review On Student Academic Scorecard Goals – Percentage Of Students At Or Above Grade Level Proficiency Lower Than Last Year

On 02/28/2022 the Appleton Area School District Board of Education received a mid-year review on how the District was doing on the district score card goals. Pillar 2 is the District’s “Student Success” pillar and is focused on ensuring “every student is academically, socially, and […]

Greg Hartjes And Cassandra Schug Named As Finalists For AASD Superintendent Position

The two finalists for the Appleton Area School District position of Superintendent have been announced as current AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes and Watertown Superintendent Cassandra Schug. View WHBY article here: https://www.whby.com/2022/03/04/appleton-school-board-names-two-finalists-for-superintendent/

In Spite Of Updated CDC Guidance, AASD To Continue Requiring Masks/Face Coverings For Early Childhood and Appleton Community 4K Students And Staff

Although the CDC states on its “COVID-19 Guidance for Operating Early Care and Education/Child Care Programs” webpage that the “new COVID-19 Community Levels recommendations align precautions for educational settings with those for other community settings”… And although Outagamie, Winnebago, and Calumet counties all have low […]

Board Of Education Receives Presentation On Potential Middle School Enrollment Changes

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 02/17/2022. In addition to voting to change the Covid mitigation measures and receiving a presentation regarding the possible merger of Columbus Elementary with Edison Elementary, the also received information regarding future needs planning at the middle […]

Board Of Education Receives Presentation On Potential Merger Of Columbus Elementary With Edison Elementary

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 02/17/2022. Most of the meeting was taken up with a discussion and vote on masking protocols within the schools, but they did also review some of their future needs and the potential referendum. Due to timing […]