Board Of Education Meeting 06/06/2022 – Will Review Community Survey Results Regarding Potential Referendum

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is holding a special meeting on 06/06/2022 at 7PM. The purpose of the meeting is to review the community survey results regarding the potential referendum. The preliminary results were reviewed at the 05/23/2022 Board of Education meeting, […]

Board Of Education Reviews Preliminary Survey Results Showing Strong Support For AASD Referendum

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 05/23/2022. During the meeting they received a brief overview of the preliminary results of the community survey that was sent out regarding the potential school referendum. Chief Financial Officer (and soon to be Superintendent) Greg Hartjes […]

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 […]

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 […]

AASD Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes Answers Questions About Proposed Referendum

I’ve been engaging in an email conversation with Appleton Area School District Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes regarding the proposed referendum. He was kind enough to answer a number of questions. I briefly considered trying to organize them by subject matter but ultimately decided to […]

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 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 […]