By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The school board unanimously decided at a special meeting Monday, Oct. 12, to extend remote learning in the district at least another three weeks through Nov. 6. Ashwaubenon switched districtwide Oct. 1 to virtual instruction because of the spread of COVID-19 in the community with the possibility in-person …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The school board heard Wednesday, Sept. 30, from a group of parents unhappy with the district’s choice for an all-virtual learning program in grades 6-12 known as Edgenuity. During the board’s public comment period, parents stated they didn’t like the program’s pace, content, terminology and amount of quizzes. …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – For the second year in a row, the district’s high school seniors won’t have to complete a minimum of 24 hours of community service to graduate. The Ashwaubenon school board agreed Wednesday, Sept. 30, to waive the requirement again because of the challenge of performing community service with …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor BROWN COUNTY – All school districts in the Greater Green Bay area joined the Green Bay district in going to virtual instruction with COVID-19 numbers on the rise. On Friday, Sept. 25, the Howard-Suamico, Ashwaubenon and De Pere school districts joined the Green Bay school district in moving to virtual instruction. …
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By Press Times Staff ASHWAUBENON – In an effort to keep students, staff and families up-to-date on COVID-19 data for both positive cases and quarantined individuals, the Ashwaubenon School District announced Monday, Sept. 21, it created a COVID-19 dashboard known as the Jaguar Health Report. Superintendent Kurt Weyers said the dashboard will be updated Monday …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Tuesday, Sept. 1, marked the start of classes for local school districts amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. After having switched to online instruction in March to close out the 2019-20 school year, districts had discretion from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as to how to offer …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – School board meetings are usually sparsely attended, but several people were physically present and online Wednesday, Aug. 12, when the board unanimously approved a plan to reopen schools for 2020-21. The plan to reopen includes options to allow students to return this fall after district schools have been …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – After having closed district schools to in-person instruction since the middle of March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a plan to reopen released Friday, July 24, includes various options to allow students to return this fall. Dubbed Jaguar Jump Back, the district’s plan to reopen as currently drafted …
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By Lea Kopke Press Times News Intern BROWN COUNTY – Area school districts intend to use the new Education Forward plan, an 87-page document released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, together as a guide to further inform decisions regarding schools opening this fall. Chris Bucher, DPI communications specialist, said the goal of the …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The Ashwaubenon school board voted unanimously Wednesday, June 10, to approve more than 200 new open enrollment requests from non-residents with less than 40 students living in the district granted permission to attend school elsewhere in 2020-21. Business Director Keith Lucius said 209 of the 271 applications seeking …
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