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 […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 03/26/2025 – Will Take Up Resolution Calling For Creation Of Anti-Truancy Ordinance

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 03/26/2025 at 5:30PM. They will be taking up Resolution 3-R-25 which, if approved as written, would “enact an ordinance prohibiting a person under 18 years of age from being a habitual truant” and keep this ordinance in place […]

Superintendent Greg Hartjes Gives Presentation To Common Council On Truancy Issues Within Appleton Area School District; Alderperson William Siebers Introduces Resolution To Bring Back Appleton’s Anti-Truancy Ordinance

The Common Council met 03/19/2025. Slightly less than 30 minutes were taken up with a presentation from Appleton Area School District Superintendent Greg Hartjes providing background on the District’s request for the Common Council to create an anti-truancy ordinance. The Council was not given an […]

Alderperson William Siebers Introduces Resolution To Bring Back Appleton’s Former Anti-Truancy Ordinance – Alderperson Katie Van Zeeland Expresses Concerns About Lack Of Data From AASD And Speed At Which Resolution Is Being Taken Up

During the 03/19/2025 Common Council meeting, the Common Council received a presentation from Appleton Area School District Superintendent Greg Hartjes requesting that the Common Council create a local anti-truancy ordinance. At the end of the meeting, Alderperson William Siebers (District 1) introduced a resolution to […]