By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE — With coronavirus spread lower, the rate of vaccinations higher and much of society returning to some normalcy, school board meetings for the Unified School District of De Pere will soon be, as well. Starting June 21, meetings will be held in-person at the De Pere High School auditorium …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere school board may soon consider making face masks optional for summer school. The majority of board members indicated they may be on board with the idea, which will be brought to a vote at the June 8 meeting. The board’s favorable tone came after about …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – School board members from De Pere got a primer from the district lawyer on how to respond to some of the questions they’re being peppered with from parents of students. “There were some things on social media and we were like, ‘Why is this taking on a life …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere school district will begin interviewing finalists for superintendent by November. The position opening for the retiring Dr. Ben Villarruel is slated to be posted this week. He is leaving at the end of the 2021-22 school year. Board of education members on Monday, April 26, …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – In typical years, when global pandemics haven’t thrown a wrench into things, around 70 percent of students at De Pere High School participate in some form of spirit activity. “That’s high, and we’re happy with that, but we constantly strive to make it higher,” De Pere High School …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – An education grant is helping students in the De Pere school district eat healthier. School board members learned at their meeting last month about growing greens without soil, when high school agriculutre teacher Adam Wolf gave an update on how his department is using a district grant awarded …
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By Press Times Staff Local municipal elections feature contested races A number of contested local municipal races are on the Tuesday, April 6, spring general election ballot. In the City of De Pere, four of the eight aldermanic seats are up for new two-year terms with two being contested. In District 1, Nathan Cummings is …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Face-to-face, in-person learning for students in all grades has been happening for just over a month, and educators said at the March 15, school board meeting it’s been going fairly well. High school and middle school educators from the De Pere school district updated the school board on …
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By Press Times Staff DE PERE – Four candidates are running in the April 6 general election for two seats on the De Pere school board. Incumbents Dan Van Straten and Jeff Mirkes are being challenged by Angela Hoisington and Chad Jeskewitz. When Adam Clayton was eliminated in the five-candidate primary Feb. 16, Van Straten …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – One in three 10th-graders at De Pere High School reported feeling some form of anxiety or depression. That’s up from 29 percent in the 2019-20 school year, but down from 36 percent in the year prior to that. The De Pere school board heard an update from mental …
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