By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – After nearly four hours of back-and-forth discussion, the school board voted not to contract with American Institute of Research (AIR) for a second year of turnaround services at Washington Middle School. In a narrow, 4-3 vote at its special board meeting Monday, July 15, board members voted down …
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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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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – School board members took time at their June 17 meeting to recognize a small group of Somali teenagers, who are current and former district students, for the publication of their book “The First Winter: Stories of Survival by Experienced Hearts.” These 12 girls call themselves the United ReSisters. …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Frustrated, embarrassed, chaotic, pockets of disrespect, feeling undervalued, imbalance of communication, inequality of power and access. These were just a few of the phrases trustees used to describe the challenges the school board is facing, which is creating an unfavorable imagine. “I sometimes feel frustrated or embarrassed when …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school district is in the market for a new superintendent – and the school board took the first step to get that process started at its special board meeting Monday, June 3. Board members directed district staff to create a request for proposals, or RFP, as the …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school district will start off the 2019-20 school year with some new technology its some of its classrooms – this after the school board approved the spending of $900,970 for the purchase of computers for the district during its special board meeting Monday, June 3. District staff …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It’s been 13 months since the school board spent $394,000 on a turnaround partner, American Institutes for Research (AIR), to help tackle issues at Washington Middle School. Now, district staff wants the board to approve another $286,000 for year two – but not all board members believe it’s …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay school board unanimously approved a per-pupil allocation increase to its Model 3, community 4K partner locations at its May 20 board meeting, but not without some concerns. Serving 287 children at the Model 3 sites, the increase would be just under $60,000, with an increase …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – After weeks of discussion the Green Bay school board has approved the hiring of not one, but two outside facilitators to help improve its effectiveness, which all members have acknowledged is a problem. “We as a board have to collectively get our act together,” Trustee Katie Maloney said …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay school board interviewed two facilitators at a special meeting Monday, May 13, in its continued search of outside guidance to help the group work more efficiently. Beverly Scow, assistant director of Wise Women Gathering Place, was in the boardroom for her presentation and Drew Howick, …
