By Heather Graves Editor BROWN COUNTY – For the first time since the 2018-19 school year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released its school and district report cards, after taking a one-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state accountability system includes data across four areas – achievement, growth, target group outcomes …
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By Heather Graves Staff Writer GREEN BAY – Entering kindergarten with the tools and knowledge to hit the ground running is the goal of all parents, teachers and school districts. The Green Bay school district is partnering with Waterford Upstart, a national academic readiness organization, in an effort to help assist families to accomplish just …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Green Bay’s youngest students will be required to wear a mask indoors when they head back to school this September. At a special board meeting July 26, the school board loosened the face-covering requirement for seventh- and eighth-grade students but stuck to its requirement for the district’s youngest …
By Heather Graves Correspondent WISCONSIN – The results of the referendum that would bring $1 billion over 30 years to the Racine Unified School District – one that would allow the district to revamp buildings that date back to the Civil War – came down to just five votes. On April 7, 2020, voters approved …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay school board spent hours Monday, Aug. 17 discussing the ripple effect the decision to begin the 2020-21 school year virtually is having on district families at its meeting. When the board approved the plan earlier this month, many worried about how it would affect the …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Details continue to emerge about what the 2020-21 school year might look for the Green Bay Area Public School District, with a reopening plan draft promised by the end of the month. “The team is hard at work,” said Superintendent Steve Murley. “We are still following the plan …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – And then there were two. Following months of work and two days of interviews, the Green Bay school board has narrowed down the pool of candidates to two superintendent finalists – Stephen Murley and Sonia Stewart. “After spending the last five months building a profile, recruiting, reviewing applicants …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – In past years, KHROME, a local advertising agency, has provided Green Bay elementary schools with Martin Luther King Jr. posters. Elevate 97 has continued the tradition this year, but on a larger scale. “This year, they decided to go one step further and offer a large size mural …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Though the consolidation of Fort Howard and Jefferson Elementary School won’t happen until the beginning of next school year, students are already creating connections this holiday season. On Friday, Dec. 13, the second-grade class at Fort Howard spent time making holiday cards for their second-grade peers at Jefferson. …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The district’s dual language, bilingual program might be evaluated by an outside third party. At the Monday, Nov. 4, board meeting, administration gave the board an update on the district’s bilingual program and the changes made to the program for the 2019-20 school year. Administrators said the changes …
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