By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – After nearly three hours of debate the Green Bay school board adopted a new district-wide dress code policy at its meeting Monday, Oct. 21. Board members were in agreement on the changes to the policy, with the exception of hats and hooded sweatshirts. At the Oct. 7 meeting, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A discussion at the Monday, Oct. 21, school board meeting regarding the possible consolidation of Jefferson and Fort Howard elementary schools on Green Bay’s west side ended with more questions than answers. This left parents, staff and community members frustrated. School board members apologized for a lack of …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The district’s dress code policy was up for discussion again at the school board meeting Monday, Oct. 7. Representatives from the Intra-City Student Council (ICSC), along with guidance from Melissa Thiel Collar, district legal counsel and Judy Wiegand, executive director of Secondary Education, presented the board with four …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board got its first look at the district’s proposed $279 million balanced budget at a special board meeting Monday, Oct. 7, which includes the lowest mill rate since 2010, $9.97 per $1,000 of equalized value. Angie Roble, executive director of finance for the district, said homeowners …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Emotions ran high Monday, Oct. 7, as teachers, parents and community members from Jefferson Elementary School came out to voice concerns about the proposal to possibly close the school and consolidate it with Fort Howard Elementary School, and repurpose the building into a west side Head Start location. …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – In a continued effort to work more efficiently together, the Green Bay school board held a special meeting Tuesday, Sept. 24, with facilitator Drew Howick of Howick Associates from Madison. Board members spent nearly 2 hours clarifying responsibilities and roles of the board and the administration, as well …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board took a step forward in its search for the district’s next superintendent by approving the hire of search firm Hazard, Young and Attea Associates, from Illinois, at a cost not to exceed $35,500, at its meeting Monday, Sept. 16. “The selection of superintendent is the …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor On Monday, Sept. 16, the Green Bay school board made a major decision that no media outlet mentioned. It decided to award some of its legal notices to The Press Times. Those legal notices in the back of the paper hold massive amounts of important information, and being entrusted with them …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The city council unanimously approved an increase in wages of the teachers and naturalist who work in the Oak Learning Center program at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary at its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 17. Alders approved an annual salary increase for teachers from $37,577 to $41,486 and a …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The district is now looking to the community for opinions on school start times with a survey that begins today. Board members got an update from the School Start Time Task Force by Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 7 (CESA 7) representatives who are heading up the task …
