BY LEE REINSCHCORRESPONDENTDE PERE – Lacking a crystal ball, the Unified School District of De Pere will get some help from a local architect and engineering firm to assess what’s over the horizon for the district. The Board of Education voted unanimously this week to partner with Somerville Architects and Engineers of Green Bay to …
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By Heather GravesEditor DE PERE – De Pere’s new top guy, Christopher Thompson, has one week under his belt and said he’s excited to build on what retiring Superintendent Ben Villarruel built – “strong schools providing a quality education.” “I have a lot of respect for Ben,” he said. “Ben did an amazing job with …
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By Heather Graves Editor BROWN COUNTY – From retail stores and restaurants to daycares and school districts – the list of job vacancies throughout the area is long. Teacher shortages are an issue school systems have grappled with for years – and a global pandemic surely didn’t help. Many area districts said the amount of …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE — Business Manager Dawn Foeller updated the De Pere School Board Dec. 6 on how the district spent COVID-19 relief funds thus far, and how it might spend what’s still coming. The district received $105,049 from Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) I, the first batch of funding …
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By Heather Graves Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Parents advocate and directors facilitate. But, it’s teachers who interpret complex 504 accommodation plans and Individualized Education Plans – to turn them into meaningful lessons for students. Area administrators agree the success of any special education department is heavily dependent on the teachers inside the classrooms. A …
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 Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The topic of masks in schools continues to dominate the educational landscape, especially in De Pere. The Monday, Sept. 20, De Pere School Board meeting again saw parents upset with the board about the district’s policy of mandatory masks in grades K-6. Masks are strongly encouraged for grades …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent DE PERE – De Pere Business Manager Dawn Foeller updated the school board on the 2021-22 preliminary budget at its meeting last month. Foeller said the budget shows the district’s anticipated revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30 the following year. The preliminary tax …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor BROWN COUNTY – To keep his sights set on the future of public education, Howard-Suamico Superintendent Damian LaCroix keeps close a powerful reminder of the past. Nestled on his office bookshelves are the original minutes from a community meeting held in the Town of Pittsfield on Nov. 15, 1856. “The only …
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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