The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/10/2022. Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes provided a brief update on the referendum process. The week before the board meeting, AASD held two focus group sessions with the purpose of gathering feedback from “representative parents and […]
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Board Of Education Candidate Andrea Klitzke Releases Statement Regarding Mask Mandate Extension – “The war on our children has to end. We cannot effectively educate them while perpetrating fear and division through forced mandates. The district hasn’t managed the virus, but rather the virus has managed the district.”
Andrea Klitzke, a candidate running for a seat on the Appleton Area School District Board of Education, released a statement regarding the Board of Education’s decision on 01/10/2022 to extend the mask mandate until 02/17/2022. January 13, 2022 On January 10th, the Appleton Area School […]
Board Of Education Receives Presentation On Current Covid Data And AASD Staffing Issues; Votes To Extend Mask Mandate Until February 17
On 01/10/2022 the Appleton Area School District Board of Education voted 6-1 to continue universal masking until February 17, 2022. Superintendent Judy Baseman reminded the board they had several key goals with the Covid-19 mitigation process which were (1) to mitigate the spread of Covid, […]
Board Of Education Votes To Extend Mask Mandate Until At Least February 17
A week before the mask mandate was slated to end, the Appleton Area School District Board Of Education voted to change course and continue requiring mask until at least February 17. The Post Crescent has an article about it here: https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2022/01/10/appleton-schools-mask-decision-reviewed-monday-board-meeting/9132701002/
Board Of Education Meeting 01/10/2022 – Will Reconsider, Discuss, And Vote On “Mask Optional” Date
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 01/10/2021. They’d hold a work session at 4:00PM and then start the Board meeting proper at 4:30PM or upon the conclusion of the Work Session. They will start the meeting out by moving to closed […]
9 Candidates Vying For 4 Seats On AASD Board Of Education – Amanda Stuck Does Not Seek Reelection
The candidates for the 4 seats on the Appleton Area School District Board of Education are in. Current board member Amanda Stuck will not be seeking reelection. Incumbents who are running: James Bacon James Bowman Deborah Truyman Challengers who are running: Andrea Klitzke Jason Kolpack […]
Superintendent Judy Baseman Asked If AASD Will Still Be Masks Optional For 2nd Semester, Does Not Respond
Prior to the Christmas break, I emailed Appleton Area School District Superintendent Judy Baseman and asked her if, in light of the Omicron coronavirus variant, AASD was still going to have masking be optional starting January 18th. I received no response. I emailed her again […]
Board Of Education Discusses In Greater Detail The Details And Timing Of A Referendum
Now that the Appleton Area School District has committed to going to a referendum to ask the taxpayers for more funding, I thought I would recap the key meetings that lead up to that decision. The AASD Board of Education had their discussion at the […]
Board Of Education Receives Presentation On Finances And Enrollment Numbers Related To Referendum – If Referendums Don’t Pass, Taxes Will Go Down By $100 For A $100,000 Property
Since the Appleton Area School District Board of Education has decided to continue on the path of a referendum, I thought I should go back and review the information from some of the previous meetings regarding this. Yesterday I posted a recap of the first […]
Board Of Education Receives Overview Of Proposed $98 Million Referendum
Now that AASD has committed to going down the referendum path I thought it would be a good time to go back and review the factors that are driving that decision. During the 09/30/2021 Board of Education work session, Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes reviewed […]