BY GRACELYN GIESE CONTRIBUTING WRITER WEST DE PERE – Dr. Jason Lau has been named the newest superintendent of the School District of West De Pere. Lau will begin his position following the retirement of current superintendent Dennis Krueger. Lau began his work in education as a school psychologist at the Milwaukee Public Schools system. …
BY LEE REINSCHCORRESPONDENTDE PERE — West De Pere School District is seeing a jump in the number of enrollments by students who have speech and language difficulties. In the 2022-23 school year, there are 452 students with learning challenges enrolled in the school district, which is 13% of the student body. The percentage is lower …
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By Press Times Staff DE PERE – The ballot for the Feb. 15 primary election is set for the West De Pere School Board race. Incumbents Scott Borley and Barb Van Deurzen are in a six-way race for two seats with challengers Dr. Nathan DeLorey, Jamie Kinjerski, Adam Aleknavicius and Jason Dorn. The top four …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – After hearing from Dr. Donald Beno, a board-certified pediatrician with Aurora Health Care, students in grades 4K-6 in the De Pere School District will continue to wear facemasks until the spread of COVID-19 significantly decreases. On Monday, Oct. 5, the School Board reviewed the policy, which has been …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Students in grades 4K-6 in the West De Pere School District are now required to wear facemasks until the spread of coronavirus slows. The new measure comes in response to what the administration called “significant spread” in the lower grades. The School Board held a special meeting Sept. …
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By Heather Graves and Lea Kopke The Press Times BROWN COUNTY – The job of a special education director is a balancing act between state and federal requirements and a desire to help students and families. Mandates, continuous paperwork, staff shortages, varied student needs, frustrated parents, limited resources, funding struggles – the list of responsibilities …
By Lea Kopke Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – IEP, 504, LEA, IDEA, FAPE, IEE. These are a mere taste of the alphabet soup that makes up the special education system in Wisconsin. Parents of children with disabilities must become connoisseurs of the dish to fully understand what supports are available to their children and how …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent DE PERE – De Pere Business Manager Dawn Foeller updated the school board on the 2021-22 preliminary budget at its meeting last month. Foeller said the budget shows the district’s anticipated revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30 the following year. The preliminary tax …
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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 …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – West De Pere junior Kaden VanPrice is one of the elite high school students in the country who scored a perfect score of 36 on his ACT. Kaden, the son of Ron and Kathie VanPrice, was honored at the West De Pere school board meeting Monday, May …
