The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 09/10/2025 at 5:30PM. The agenda item of most interest to the public is the vote on Resolution 3-R-25 which, if passed, would reinstate a truancy ordinance in Appleton. The Appleton Area School District’s request for a truancy ordinance […]
Tag: Anti-Truancy
Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses Truancy Initiative With AASD Representatives, Reviews AASD’s Recommended Dispositions For Potential Truancy Ordinance
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 08/13/2025. They spent slightly over an hour receiving an update from Appleton Area School District staff and asking questions regarding the push to implement a new municipal truancy ordinance. AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes presented some information on the number […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Discusses Truancy Ordinance With AASD Staff
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/09/2025. Over an hour of the meeting was taking up with a discussion about the Appleton Area School District’s request for the City of Appleton to reinstitute a truancy ordinance. AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes brought in three AASD staff […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Presentation On District Efforts To Curb Student Absenteeism And Truancy
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 06/11/2025. The committee spent nearly 40 minutes receiving and discussing an update from the Appleton Area School District regarding the initiative to bring back an anti-truancy ordinance in the City of Appleton. AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes as well as […]
AASD “99% Certain” 20 High School Students Who Have Not Attended Class This Year Are Still Living Within District Boundaries – Non-Attendance Not Considered A Sign Of Potential Neglect Or Abuse
The Appleton Area School District has been taking steps to try to get a truancy ordinance passed in the City of Appleton. One of the drivers behind this push is that there are around 20 AASD high school students who have sever attendance problems. Per […]
Students Who Never Attend Class Considered Enrolled But Do Not Bring In Funding – AASD Does Not Clarify If It Has Confirmed That 20 Non-Attending Students Are Still Living In Appleton
On 04/14/2025, the Appleton Area School District Board of Education received a presentation on truancy issues at AASD and the steps the Leadership Team was taking to lobby the City of Appleton to implement a truancy ordinance to help combat this problem. During this presentation […]
Board Of Education Receives Attendance Update, Discusses Truancy Issues And Possible Truancy Ordinance
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 04/14/2025. One of the information items they received was an update on student attendance numbers, the District Leadership Team’s efforts to get a anti-truancy ordinance passed by the Common Council, and the Leadership Teams reasoning for […]
Board Of Education Meeting 04/14/2025 – Will Receive Updates On Future Referendum Request, Truancy Issues
The Appleton Area School District Board Of Education is meeting 04/14/2025. The meeting is scheduled to start in closed session at 5:30PM and will enter open session at 6PM or whenever the closed session ends, whichever is later. During the closed session portion of the […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Public Comment On Truancy Resolution – Residents Express Concern About How A Truancy Ordinance Would Impact Students Who Are Low-Income, Neurodivergent, Depressed, Or Victims Of Bullying
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/26/2025. The item that took up the most amount of time was the discussion on the resolution calling for the creation of a truancy ordinance in the city. The resolution ended up being placed on hold until the 05/14/2025 […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Holds Truancy Resolution Until 05/14/2025 Committee Meeting – Alderpersons Express Desire For More Details Prior To Moving Forward
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/26/2025. The item that took up the most amount of time was the anti-truancy resolution. During the 03/19/2025 Common Council meeting, Appleton Area School District Superintendent Greg Hartjes had given a presentation on truancy rates in AASD high schools […]