By Heather Graves Editor DE PERE – Growing up, Escanaba-native Danielle Kallio said she had always wanted to be a criminal psychologist or a journalist. A job-shadow opportunity with a special education team while in high school, however, sent her on another career path. “I enjoyed working with kids, trying to problem solve new ways …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE — Business Manager Dawn Foeller updated the De Pere School Board Dec. 6 on how the district spent COVID-19 relief funds thus far, and how it might spend what’s still coming. The district received $105,049 from Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) I, the first batch of funding …
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By Heather Graves and Lea Kopke The Press Times BROWN COUNTY – The job of a special education director is a balancing act between state and federal requirements and a desire to help students and families. Mandates, continuous paperwork, staff shortages, varied student needs, frustrated parents, limited resources, funding struggles – the list of responsibilities …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Will De Pere High School students graduate on time? Will delays in SAT and ACT testing affect their ability to get into college or tech school, or have an impact on their future careers? These questions weren’t on the agenda, but they were on the minds of De …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – For $200,000, the naming rights to the home bleachers at the De Pere High School stadium could very well be yours. At its Monday, Jan. 6, meeting, the Finance Committee of the De Pere school board looked at the amounts of donations required to obtain naming rights for …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Whether it’s homelessness or hopelessness that causes a student to fall through the cracks, school social workers fill in the gaps. Recently, the Wisconsin School Social Workers Association named Melanie Brick the State School Social Worker of the Year. Brick is the Unified School District of De Pere’s …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere School Board got some insight into duties involved in teaching that may not be obvious at its meeting Monday Oct. 7. Jerry Nicholson, director of pupil services, reported on the Wisconsin Threat Assessment, which teachers have to complete whenever they get a report of a …
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 Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – With the window for applying for open enrollment slated to open soon, the De Pere school board laid out its parameters as far as the number of non-resident students that will be let into the school district. The board voted to accept up to 25 students in 4K …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The Unified School District of De Pere’s safety plan got an airing Monday at a committee meeting of the De Pere school board Monday, Dec. 3. The 88-page document includes contingency plans for crises ranging from tornadoes and fires to nuclear attacks and terrorist threats. It’s a response …
