By Heather Graves Correspondent SUAMICO – The 2021-22 school year is nearly upon the Howard-Suamico School District, and again the topic of masks filled the boardroom Aug. 16. Parents and community members shared their thoughts with the school board on the district’s mask policy, which recommends, but doesn’t require, masks for all staff, students and …
By Lea Kopke Staff Writer SUAMICO – The Howard-Suamico school board voted July 19 to add an item to a future agenda that would grant the board the ability to have greater input during the district decision-making process. The amendment would affect Board/Superintendent Relations Policy 1, Unity of Control (B/SR-1), which lays out the relationship …
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By Lea Kopke Staff Writer SUAMICO – The Howard-Suamico school board voted to approve the sale of $83 million in bonds at its meeting June 21. The bonds will fund the first phase of referendum projects, with the second phase seeing $15 million in bonds in 2023. Mike Juech, assistant superintendent of operations, said last …
By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – Two-and-a-half months after the Howard-Suamico School District returned students to in-person learning, a group of parents advocated to the school board to make face coverings optional. Seven parents spoke to the board at the Monday, April 26, meeting to ask they be allowed to make decisions that pertain to …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – The Howard-Suamico school board officially set part of April’s ballot, and with it a pair of referendum questions at its Monday, Jan. 11, meeting. The district began discussions around another referendum question in fall of 2019. In 2018, voters approved a non-recurring referendum for the district to exceed the …
By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – People held signs outside urging the Howard-Suamico School District to adhere to gating criteria when reopening schools, but inside the school board was mostly opposed to waiting around. The Monday, Nov. 16, school board meeting also saw seven people speak, mostly in favor of reopening schools now, numerous comments …
By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – Preliminary survey data presented at the Monday, Oct. 12, Howard-Suamico school board meeting indicate the community is positive about another possible referendum question. “I think people are being very clear with where they are on this,” said Joe Donovan, president and founder of the Donovan Group, a consulting firm …
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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 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 Press Times Staff HOWARD – Of the six trustee seats up for election this spring on the Howard village board, two are being contested with two candidates, but one race will have no one on the ballot. Trustee Ron Bredael, who represents Wards 1-2, filed a declaration of non-candidacy indicating he won’t be seeking …
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