By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board reviewed class sizes throughout the district and had a lengthy discussion about what changes may need to be made at its meeting Monday, Sept. 16. John Magas, associate superintendent of Continuous Improvement, stressed the update presented to board members was just a preliminary snapshot of …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board quickly, unanimously and without discussion, approved a 2.44 percent wage/salary increase for staff, administration and educators throughout the district at its regular board meeting Monday, Aug. 19. The increase is retroactive to July 1 of this year for those who are employed with the district …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The district could see an universal dress code revamp before the end of the 2019-20 school year. For more than an hour at the Aug. 5 work session, board members discussed whether a change to the policy – which hasn’t been updated since 2008 – was needed and, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A decision on whether the district will increase school lunch prices will have to wait another couple of weeks – this after the school board voted unanimously Monday, July 22, to table the issue until a special board meeting on Aug. 5. The proposed change suggests increasing school …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Frustrated, embarrassed, chaotic, pockets of disrespect, feeling undervalued, imbalance of communication, inequality of power and access. These were just a few of the phrases trustees used to describe the challenges the school board is facing, which is creating an unfavorable imagine. “I sometimes feel frustrated or embarrassed when …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It’s been 13 months since the school board spent $394,000 on a turnaround partner, American Institutes for Research (AIR), to help tackle issues at Washington Middle School. Now, district staff wants the board to approve another $286,000 for year two – but not all board members believe it’s …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – After weeks of discussion the Green Bay school board has approved the hiring of not one, but two outside facilitators to help improve its effectiveness, which all members have acknowledged is a problem. “We as a board have to collectively get our act together,” Trustee Katie Maloney said …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Area Public School District is seeing red in its financial future. The district’s board of education spent more than an hour Monday, March 4, discussing proposed changes to benefits to take effect July 1, particularly medical insurance, as outlined in a memo from Chief …
