By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay school district wants a resolution committing to move to 100 percent clean energy over the next 20 to 30 years. While there seems to be nearly unanimous support behind the idea, the steps to getting there are unclear. The district’s interest follows suit with growing …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board will again enforce the 5-minute time limit on public comments, something Board President Brenda Warren said the board has moved away from as of late. “I’ve been getting a fair amount of feedback from multiple places – community, staff, administration – with concerns about our …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Staff are looking at chronic absenteeism throughout the district after eight schools received point deductions on their state report cards because of it. “Chronic absenteeism takes place when a student falls below 84 percent attendance – it’s absent for any reason,” said Stephen Miller, district director of assessment. …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – School board members are set to make a possible change to the board’s compensation and expenses policy at their Dec. 16 meeting. What those exact changes will be are still not completely ironed out. After tabling the issue in November, the topic was brought back to the board …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – More changes could be on the horizon for the Green Bay Area Public School District as it continues to look at declining enrollment on the city’s west side. At their meeting Monday, Nov. 18, board members scheduled another board/superintendent retreat to discuss what’s next for Redesign 2020. The …
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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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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Area Public School District has been losing students to open enrollment steadily for several years, but it wasn’t a concern, according to administrators. Now the district is seeing a steady decline in overall enrollment, especially over the last three years. Lori Blakeslee, the district’s director …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Emotions ran high Monday, Oct. 7, as teachers, parents and community members from Jefferson Elementary School came out to voice concerns about the proposal to possibly close the school and consolidate it with Fort Howard Elementary School, and repurpose the building into a west side Head Start location. …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The school board took a step forward in its search for the district’s next superintendent by approving the hire of search firm Hazard, Young and Attea Associates, from Illinois, at a cost not to exceed $35,500, at its meeting Monday, Sept. 16. “The selection of superintendent is the …
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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 …
