By Heather Graves Editor BROWN COUNTY – From retail stores and restaurants to daycares and school districts – the list of job vacancies throughout the area is long. Teacher shortages are an issue school systems have grappled with for years – and a global pandemic surely didn’t help. Many area districts said the amount of …
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By Heather Graves Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Understanding the special education system in the State of Wisconsin can be challenging. Add funding to the equation and comprehension is likely headed into a tailspin. Federal and state mandates require all public school districts provide special education services to students who require them. The state picks …
By Heather Graves Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Parents advocate and directors facilitate. But, it’s teachers who interpret complex 504 accommodation plans and Individualized Education Plans – to turn them into meaningful lessons for students. Area administrators agree the success of any special education department is heavily dependent on the teachers inside the classrooms. A …
By Heather Graves Staff Writer SEYMOUR – A recent COVID-19 outbreak at Black Creek Elementary Middle School led to an entire classroom being quarantined. Superintendent Laurie Asher said it has weighed heavily on her. “It is very stressful,” a choked up Asher said at the Tuesday, Sept. 28, Seymour School Board meeting. “It is very …
By Heather Graves Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Parents of special education students are driven by the instinctive need to help their child. Districts are tied to federal- and state-mandated rules and regulations. Though the end goal of all involved is to help students succeed, the path to get there can differ drastically, and sometimes …
By Heather Graves Correspondent SEYMOUR – Despite federal requirements, the Seymour school district will not require masks on school buses when students return to class Sept. 1. “What sense does it make when you are picking up the same kids every day dropping them off at school, they can throw their mask in their backpack, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent SEYMOUR – The Seymour school district held its annual meeting late last month, as required by state statutes, in the middle school auditorium. More than a dozen community members attended the meeting to share thoughts on the district’s preliminary budget. “This is a meeting of the electors in the districts, in …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent SEYMOUR – Trustees approved the preliminary budget for the 2021-22 school year at their June 22 school board meeting. Though the amount of state aid the district will receive remains unclear, approving the preliminary budget now allows for spending to begin July 1, the start of the fiscal year. The preliminary …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent WISCONSIN – The consensus across school districts and party lines is clear – Wisconsin’s school funding system has flaws, and it has had them for many years. What those flaws are and how they can, or should, be fixed long-term is where the consensus stops and the debate starts. Demographics and …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor BROWN COUNTY – To keep his sights set on the future of public education, Howard-Suamico Superintendent Damian LaCroix keeps close a powerful reminder of the past. Nestled on his office bookshelves are the original minutes from a community meeting held in the Town of Pittsfield on Nov. 15, 1856. “The only …
