De Pere City CouncilLegion pool replacement plan discussedThe Common Council approved a tentative timetable for the replacement of the swimming pool at Legion Park in a 5-2 vote Tuesday, July 20. Technical design for the new pool will be done in 2025, with construction starting the following year, pending a review of the economic climate …
By Press Times Staff ASHWAUBENON – Four candidates are running for a pair of Ashwaubenon School Board seats. Incumbents Cassondra Pink and Michelle Garrigan are being challenged by Alexander Alberts and Brett VandeWalle. The Ashwaubenon School District has approximately 3,200 students in five school buildings. The Press Times emailed each candidate the same question and …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The tax levy approved Wednesday, Oct. 27, by the Ashwaubenon School Board for 2021-22 is an increase of 4% ($677,325) from last year. The board adopted an overall tax levy of $17,320,720, compared to $16,643,395 from the previous year. The district will pay off more of its referendum …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – One week after the district began classes with recommended masks, the Ashwaubenon School Board changed its policy for the lower grades. After receiving a report Sept. 8 on the increase in students’ quarantines when in close contact with someone testing positive for COVID-19, the board voted 5-0 to …
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By Press Times Staff ASHWAUBENON – Absent an upward spike in Brown County’s positive tests for COVID-19 since the last school board meeting Aug. 11, the district will begin classes this week with masks being optional, but not required, Jennifer Bower, secretary to the superintendent and school board, said. Earlier this month, the board scheduled …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – As of the Aug. 11 school board meeting, the Ashwaubenon School District encouraged students and staff to wear masks for the 2021-22 school year but not to require them. The board voted 4-1 to approve the administration’s recommendation for strategies to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, which includes: …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – After having about 17% of the district’s approximately 3,200 students sign up for virtual instruction last school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, less than 10 students will be learning virtually in 2021-22. Superintendent Kurt Weyers reported to the Ashwaubenon school board July 14 eight of the 10 …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The Ashwaubenon school board voted last month to approve 278 new open enrollment requests from non-resident students, with less than one-sixth as many students living in the district granted permission to attend school elsewhere in 2021-22. “We’ve had more applications (for open enrollment) than we’ve had in a …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Comments and criticism calling for the school district to immediately end the requirement students wear masks were aired at the Wednesday, May 12, school board meeting. The district’s plans currently call for masks to become optional when students return this fall to start the 2021-22 school year, but …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – After meeting in closed session Wednesday, May 12, the school board approved $1,000 stipends for all of the district’s full-time staff for the 2020-21 school year, with stipends being pro-rated for Ashwaubenon’s part-time employees, said Business Director Keith Lucius. He said the reason for the stipends, which are …
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