Board Of Education Receives Presentation On School Resource Officer Program

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/24/2022. During the meeting they received a special presentation regarding the role and daily activities of a School Resource Officer. AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes reminded the Board that at the November 8th Board meeting […]

Board Of Education Discusses Timeline Of Superintendent Search, Creation Of Staff And Community Advisory Groups To Interview Candidates

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/24/2022.  One of the items on the agenda was an update on the Superintendent Search and Selection process. They spent some time going through the tentative schedule. On 02/21/2022 they plan to review all of the applications that […]

Board Of Education Receives Update Regarding Second Round Of Referendum Focus Group Sessions

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/24/2022. AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes gave them an update on the referendum focus group meetings that had taken place on Tuesday January 18th and Thursday January 20th. The focus group attendees had been asked […]

Board Of Education Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Receive Referendum Focus Group Update, Discuss Interview Processes For Superintendent Candidates

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 01/24/2022 at 6PM. In some respects, it does not appear to be a particularly eventful agenda. This will be 2 weeks since the Board voted to rescind their vote from November and extend the mask […]

Board Of Education Receives Update On Referendum Focus Groups

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 […]

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 […]