By Heather Graves and Lea Kopke The Press Times BROWN COUNTY – The job of a special education director is a balancing act between state and federal requirements and a desire to help students and families. Mandates, continuous paperwork, staff shortages, varied student needs, frustrated parents, limited resources, funding struggles – the list of responsibilities …
By Lea Kopke Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – IEP, 504, LEA, IDEA, FAPE, IEE. These are a mere taste of the alphabet soup that makes up the special education system in Wisconsin. Parents of children with disabilities must become connoisseurs of the dish to fully understand what supports are available to their children and how …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – Hours after moving Hemlock Creek Elementary School to remote learning for the next two weeks, the West De Pere school board held its regular meeting, Monday, Sept. 21. “This difficult decision was made based on data (COVID-related cases and quarantines at this site), and recommendations from the De …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Middle schoolers in the West De Pere school district are paving the way for a more open dialog about teen suicide. About 30 West De Pere Middle School students have joined together to form the district’s first Hope Squad. The national program, based in Utah, works to train …
