By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – For the third time in six years, Brenda Warren, school board president brought forward the idea of hiring an independent hearing officer for student expulsion hearings at the Jan. 20, board meeting, and again the idea was rejected, at least for now. “I decided to bring it up …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – And then there were two. Following months of work and two days of interviews, the Green Bay school board has narrowed down the pool of candidates to two superintendent finalists – Stephen Murley and Sonia Stewart. “After spending the last five months building a profile, recruiting, reviewing applicants …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – In past years, KHROME, a local advertising agency, has provided Green Bay elementary schools with Martin Luther King Jr. posters. Elevate 97 has continued the tradition this year, but on a larger scale. “This year, they decided to go one step further and offer a large size mural …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – At the request of the school board, Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith, along with Lt. Keith Gering and Officer Jon Nejedlo, were at the Monday, Jan. 20, meeting to discuss lethal force guidelines in regards to School Resource Officers (SROs). Gering is in charge of the SRO …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay school district wants a resolution committing to move to 100 percent clean energy over the next 20 to 30 years. While there seems to be nearly unanimous support behind the idea, the steps to getting there are unclear. The district’s interest follows suit with growing …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Sarah Pamperin, a sixth-grade bilingual teacher at Edison Middle School, has been in front of the school board numerous times advocating for her students. However, Pamperin’s testimony Jan. 6 regarding special education open enrollment was personal. “I am unfortunately not a resident of Green Bay,” she said. “When …
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By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – Five candidates are seeking two school board seats up for election this spring in the Green Bay Area Public School District. A primary will be held Feb. 18 to narrow the field to four prior to the April 7 general election. Board Treasurer Katie Maloney is not seeking …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Staff are looking at chronic absenteeism throughout the district after eight schools received point deductions on their state report cards because of it. “Chronic absenteeism takes place when a student falls below 84 percent attendance – it’s absent for any reason,” said Stephen Miller, district director of assessment. …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – School board members are set to make a possible change to the board’s compensation and expenses policy at their Dec. 16 meeting. What those exact changes will be are still not completely ironed out. After tabling the issue in November, the topic was brought back to the board …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The new Green Bay school district superintendent should possess strong organizational and management skills in leading systemic change and value and celebrate diversity, according to a leadership profile prepared by Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA), the search firm hired by the district. Board members approved the leadership …
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