By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – District report cards are out from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the 2018-19 school year. Report card ratings range from five stars, denoting schools and districts that significantly exceed expectations, to one star for those that fail to meet expectations. Scores are calculated in four priority …
By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – Chances are if you sang in a choir at Bay Port High School at one point during the last 46 years you were instructed by a member of the Pufall family. David Pufall spent 35 years at Bay Port as director of a number of choirs, before retiring in …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – Instead of the standard motion and roll call vote for the 2019-20 district budget, the Howard-Suamico school board looked ahead Monday, Oct. 21, to the next possible referendum question in April 2021. “What we’d like to do, once we get approval for the budget and tax levy, is bridge …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOWARD – Civic and clergy leaders came together on Monday, Oct. 7, to discuss maximizing resources for students in the Howard-Suamico School District. Discussion at this year’s linkage focused on meeting the needs of many, because last year’s linkage was centered around meeting the needs of the most vulnerable. “For us …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOWARD – A different venue for the Monday, Oct. 7, school board meeting helped showcase the future of education and how the Howard-Suamico School District plans to get there. Held at the Innovation Studio at Bay View Middle School, board members learned of a road map to equip all students with …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – On Monday, Sept. 30, Howard-Suamico School District Superintendent Damian LaCroix updated district stakeholders during his annual State of the District address. Along with educating students, LaCroix said the district has a role to instill positive moral character, with the help of other groups. “If there’s anything I want us …
By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – The tax rate for the Howard-Suamico School District is projected to remain at $9.19 for the fifth year in a row, the school board learned at its Monday, Sept. 9, meeting. “The proposed budget includes another strategic debt reduction, which allows the board to set the (tax rate) at …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – The Howard-Suamico school board was presented with concerns from a board member at its Monday, Aug. 13, meeting regarding various policies. After serving on the board for a full school year, Vanessa Moran raised doubts on whether the board was fulfilling its goals and acting correctly in its duties. …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor BROWN COUNTY – Four area school districts have received grants to address mental health in schools, and each is doing something different to address a problem that is widespread throughout Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction distributed $6.5 million in grants to 120 districts last week as part of the …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent SUAMICO – As a high school student, most days are filled with math or biology classes, but for sophomores at Bay Port High School, Thursday, May 23 was spent a little differently. Event coordinator Beth Ashmead said graduating high school, and college and being on your own can get pretty overwhelming, …
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