By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It was a good day to be a Baird Bee. Students, staff, district leaders, city and county elected officials and community members gathered Tuesday, Sept. 17, for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Baird Elementary School, the first newly constructed school in the Green Bay Area Public School …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board reviewed class sizes throughout the district and had a lengthy discussion about what changes may need to be made at its meeting Monday, Sept. 16. John Magas, associate superintendent of Continuous Improvement, stressed the update presented to board members was just a preliminary snapshot of …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – More than a dozen districts across the state have thrown support behind a resolution to retire Native American mascots, and the Green Bay Area Public School District is now among them. The resolution, which was brought forward by the Wausau School District, calls for the Wisconsin Association of …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – An agenda item meant as a brief update for the school board sparked several parents to speak about what they see as shortcomings in the district’s dyslexia intervention practices. Concerns centered around the district’s literacy practices in wake of the Assembly Bill 110, dyslexia legislation currently being discussed …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board quickly, unanimously and without discussion, approved a 2.44 percent wage/salary increase for staff, administration and educators throughout the district at its regular board meeting Monday, Aug. 19. The increase is retroactive to July 1 of this year for those who are employed with the district …
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GREEN BAY – For students in the Green Bay Area Public School District, the 2019-20 school year is right around the corner. To help students prepare for the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 3, schools will be hosting open houses and registration dates. Elementary school students will have the opportunity to meet their …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Students who purchase lunch at any school in the Green Bay Area Public School District will see a slight increase in the upcoming school year. The school board voted at its special meeting Monday, Aug. 5, to raise the price of its meals by a 5 cents 6-1. …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The district could see an universal dress code revamp before the end of the 2019-20 school year. For more than an hour at the Aug. 5 work session, board members discussed whether a change to the policy – which hasn’t been updated since 2008 – was needed and, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A decision on whether the district will increase school lunch prices will have to wait another couple of weeks – this after the school board voted unanimously Monday, July 22, to table the issue until a special board meeting on Aug. 5. The proposed change suggests increasing school …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board may have pushed the vote on whether or not to renew a contract with American Institutes for Research (AIR) to July 15, but that didn’t stop parents from sharing their concerns at the June 17 meeting. Parent Melody Linsmeyer said it has been an exhausting …
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