By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – More changes could be on the horizon for the Green Bay Area Public School District as it continues to look at declining enrollment on the city’s west side. At their meeting Monday, Nov. 18, board members scheduled another board/superintendent retreat to discuss what’s next for Redesign 2020. The …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school district is again looking into the possibility of implementing a weighted grade point average (GPA) system. This is a topic administration and members of the Intra-City Student Council (ICSC) said has been brought up many times over the last several years. A weighted GPA system takes …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The district’s dual language, bilingual program might be evaluated by an outside third party. At the Monday, Nov. 4, board meeting, administration gave the board an update on the district’s bilingual program and the changes made to the program for the 2019-20 school year. Administrators said the changes …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay school board received an update on the district’s dual language immersion program at its meeting Monday, Nov. 4, including changes administration made to the program for the 2019-20 school year. After more than three hours of back-and-forth discussion, it was evident administration and bilingual teachers …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It was an emotional ending when many Jefferson Elementary School parents, staff and community members left the school board meeting in tears following the 4-to-3 decision to close Jefferson and consolidate it with Fort Howard Elementary School beginning with the 2020-21 school year. “I didn’t study education in …
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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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