By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – With a 5-2 vote, the De Pere School Board voted to accept the recommendations of the boundary line committee and amend the boundary lines for elementary schools in the De Pere school district. Voting nay were Dan Van Straten and Mark Meneau. Van Straten said he voted against …
By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – District report cards are out from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the 2018-19 school year. Report card ratings range from five stars, denoting schools and districts that significantly exceed expectations, to one star for those that fail to meet expectations. Scores are calculated in four priority …
DE PERE – Property owners in the De Pere school district will see their tax rate for school district purposes decrease by 13 percent to $8.30 from $9.54 per $1,000 of property value following school board approval Monday, Oct. 28, of the district’s final 2019-20 budget. The total approved tax levy is $19.9 million, an …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – In the wake of the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, tobacco use and especially vaping were on the minds of members of the De Pere school board at a committee meeting Monday, Nov. 4. The survey found in Brown County, that 44 percent of students have tried vaping, …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere school district voted unanimously to renew its line of credit and issue tax- and revenue-anticipation notes to use for short-term cash-flow deficiencies over the next year. The line of credit, from Associated Bank, is a revolving line of credit wherein the district can borrow only …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere School Board got some insight into duties involved in teaching that may not be obvious at its meeting Monday Oct. 7. Jerry Nicholson, director of pupil services, reported on the Wisconsin Threat Assessment, which teachers have to complete whenever they get a report of a …
By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – It starts with something as simple as a hello, or inviting a lonely student over to join their lunch table, but a group of students in De Pere knows it means more. Starting this year, the De Pere school district will have three schools with active Hope Squads, …
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 Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – With months to go before being finalized, the De Pere school district is projecting an 82-cent decrease in the mill rate as part of its preliminary budget. Dawn Foeller, district business manager, informed the school board on the preliminary budget at its Monday, June 17, meeting. Foeller attributed …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – A few things are certain in life: death, taxes, and wear and tear. Over the next decade, buildings in the De Pere school district could need more than $4.85 million in repairs, upgrades and equipment replacement. What’s certain is buildings and equipment will deteriorate; what’s not so certain …
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