By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – For $200,000, the naming rights to the home bleachers at the De Pere High School stadium could very well be yours. At its Monday, Jan. 6, meeting, the Finance Committee of the De Pere school board looked at the amounts of donations required to obtain naming rights for …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The Unified School District of De Pere honored Mike Cotter of Cotter Funeral Home for his work raising funds for mental health awareness efforts and Hope Squad, a peer-to-peer suicide-prevention group for students. At the Dec. 9 school board meeting, Superintendent Ben Villarruel presented Cotter with a plaque …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Preliminary sketches for a $3.06-million upgrade to the De Pere Redbirds Stadium at the high school were unveiled at the Dec. 9 school board meeting. Rettler Corp. of Stevens Point, which designed athletic facilities for St. Norbert College, Ashwaubenon High School, Bay Port High School and Lawrence University, …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Whether it’s homelessness or hopelessness that causes a student to fall through the cracks, school social workers fill in the gaps. Recently, the Wisconsin School Social Workers Association named Melanie Brick the State School Social Worker of the Year. Brick is the Unified School District of De Pere’s …
By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – With housing developments poised to add families to the district, the De Pere school board is evaluating an approach to stay proactive by shifting elementary school boundaries. At the Monday, Aug. 19, school board meeting, the board heard from the District Boundary Committee, which presented multiple options to …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – De Pere Superintendent Ben Villarruel got the go-ahead from the school board Monday, July 15, to rework the support staff salary schedule. “If I’m going to be consistent with what I’ve done to the teachers, I’m not opposed to see if we can truncate the (support staff) salary …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – With enrollment numbers projected to jump over the next several years, the De Pere school board looked at the feasibility of expanding Foxview Intermediate School and De Pere Middle School. At a committee meeting Monday, May 6, representatives from Berners-Schober Associates showed conceptual drawings and results of studies …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – The De Pere school board learned about a plan to spend nearly $240,000 in grant money on security cameras at a Monday, April 1, finance committee meeting. The proposal calls for the district to use a grant of up to $247,948 from the Wisconsin Department of Justice to …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – The De Pere school board adopted a new salary schedule for teachers at its Monday, March 18, meeting. “It’s our belief that someone coming to us shouldn’t take a salary cut,” said Superintendent Ben Villarruel. “If they’re coming to teaching from college with no teacher experience and no …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE — Projected growth to areas surrounding one elementary school have prompted the Unified School District of De Pere board to look at options for redrawing the boundary lines for enrollment. With an enrollment of 585 students, Susie C. Altmayer Elementary School has 101 students (or 21 percent) more than …
