By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The district is now looking to the community for opinions on school start times with a survey that begins today. Board members got an update from the School Start Time Task Force by Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 7 (CESA 7) representatives who are heading up the task …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board reviewed class sizes throughout the district and had a lengthy discussion about what changes may need to be made at its meeting Monday, Sept. 16. John Magas, associate superintendent of Continuous Improvement, stressed the update presented to board members was just a preliminary snapshot of …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Students who purchase lunch at any school in the Green Bay Area Public School District will see a slight increase in the upcoming school year. The school board voted at its special meeting Monday, Aug. 5, to raise the price of its meals by a 5 cents 6-1. …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The district could see an universal dress code revamp before the end of the 2019-20 school year. For more than an hour at the Aug. 5 work session, board members discussed whether a change to the policy – which hasn’t been updated since 2008 – was needed and, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A decision on whether the district will increase school lunch prices will have to wait another couple of weeks – this after the school board voted unanimously Monday, July 22, to table the issue until a special board meeting on Aug. 5. The proposed change suggests increasing school …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – After nearly four hours of back-and-forth discussion, the school board voted not to contract with American Institute of Research (AIR) for a second year of turnaround services at Washington Middle School. In a narrow, 4-3 vote at its special board meeting Monday, July 15, board members voted down …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board may have pushed the vote on whether or not to renew a contract with American Institutes for Research (AIR) to July 15, but that didn’t stop parents from sharing their concerns at the June 17 meeting. Parent Melody Linsmeyer said it has been an exhausting …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It started as a vision – make the streets safer for people of all ages to walk and ride their bikes throughout the city. That vision is now becoming reality with the approval of the Safe Walk and Bike Green Bay plan, a joint effort of the Green …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Frustrated, embarrassed, chaotic, pockets of disrespect, feeling undervalued, imbalance of communication, inequality of power and access. These were just a few of the phrases trustees used to describe the challenges the school board is facing, which is creating an unfavorable imagine. “I sometimes feel frustrated or embarrassed when …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school district is in the market for a new superintendent – and the school board took the first step to get that process started at its special board meeting Monday, June 3. Board members directed district staff to create a request for proposals, or RFP, as the …
