ECASD finalizes referendum amount at $18M as November election approaches
The Eau Claire Area School District’s School Board finalized their amount for the upcoming referendum: $18 million.

Local School District superintendent calls MPS budget issues 'concerning'; here's why
Amid the ongoing budget crisis that Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is facing, TMJ4's Ryan Jenkins went to another local school district superintendent to learn more about the financial reporting process and the importance of trust and transparency when it comes to school funding.

Progress being made on numerous Eau Claire Area School District referendum projects
The Eau Claire Area School District is making big progress on its 2022 referendum projects.

Milwaukee Public Schools hires financial consultant to address missing financial reports
Ahead of a special meeting of the Milwaukee Public School's School Board aiming to address the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s threat to withhold funding over missing financial reports, the district has hired a financial consultant to construct a path forward for the district.

A Financial Literacy Class Is Now Required For A Wisconsin Student To Graduate: Here’s One Person That Helped Make That A Reality
One of the biggest financial decisions a person can make surrounds education, and more importantly, they need to know how that decision will impact them. Due to some recent legislation in Wisconsin, our students will be slightly more informed than previous generations, and that’s a very good thing.

Green Bay Elementary Students Kickstart their Summer Reading Journeys with Brand-New Books
Hundreds of brand-new books were distributed Monday to students at a Green Bay elementary school, just in time for summer vacation.

 

Local Administrator Receives InSideOut Leadership Award
InSideOut Initiative co-founders Joe Ehrmann and Jody Redmen recently announced that Michael LeBouton, the Athletic Administrator at the School District of Horicon has been awarded the InSideOut Leadership Award.

Project SEARCH graduates celebrate experiences at Mayo Clinic
It was a special day for local graduates of Project SEARCH as each walked the stage. Just one year ago, nine students started Project SEARCH, an internship program for Eau Claire area students with disabilities to gain valuable job experience. Now they're done, and a Friday ceremony marked their time in the program and the lessons learned.

Final day for some Oshkosh Area School District buildings
The final day of school in Oshkosh has special significance for students at Merrill Elementary. It’s one of the district’s schools that’s closing down for good today. Families and former students had the chance to say goodbye last month at some final walk-through events.

WUSD Celebrates Successful First Year with New Science of Reading Instructional Practices
The Whitewater Unified School District (WUSD) reports positive outcomes from student assessment data tied to the new Science of Reading (SOR) instructional practice, a research-based model for early literacy instruction.

Middleton-Cross Plains employees to get free Master's degrees
Three employees of the Middleton-Cross Plans Area School District are participating in a new partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education.

How this rural Wisconsin school superintendent is working hard to keep his teachers
When Todd Felhofer graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1984, his original plan was to become a city manager. But instead, four years later, he got a teaching certification from UW-Oshkosh and started teaching social studies in suburban Milwaukee.

And the survey says…
So what will Siren residents support when it comes to district expenditures and future referendum questions? It depends.According to survey results compiled by Scott Girard of School Perceptions of Slinger, Wisconsin, the residents of the Siren School District would favorably support heating (73%).

A brief history of Wisconsin’s voucher school system: Less effective and more expensive than promised.
Many Wisconsin taxpayers may not know a small experiment has grown to the point where they are now funding two separate school systems. It’s the $700 million answer to the question, “Why are Wisconsin taxpayers seeing a record number of school referendums?”

School District of Monroe receives grant
The School District of Monroe ELL Department announced that it has received a grant from the Monroe Excellence in Education Funds Spring 2024 Grant Cycle of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc. to support their projects entitled Translation Earbuds for Student Services and Talking Points.

Milwaukee Public Schools Receives $7.4 million From the Environmental Protection Agency’s School Bus Program
The Biden-Harris Administration announced the winners of the EPA’s 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

Gov. Evers critical of how state education officials handled late MPS reports
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers criticized the Department of Public Instruction on Friday for not acting sooner to address overdue financial reports from Milwaukee Public Schools.

West Bend School District acquires 3D printers
The West Bend School District (WBSD) recently announced that with the help of a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Wisconsin Fast Forward Program, a donation from J.W. Speaker Corporation, and school funds, the West Bend high schools have been able to purchase two professional-grade Markforged 3D Printing Platforms.

Committee to discuss high school schedule, Personalized Learning Program update
Last month, severe weather prevented an update on the Personalized Learning Program and an update on the 2024-25 high school bell schedule during the May board meeting. These topics will now be addressed during Tuesday’s Teaching & Learning Committee at 7 p.m

New Webster Superintendent hired
Webster high school principal Joshua Hetfeld has been named as the new Webster School Superintendent, replacing the outgoing Jeff Fimreite.

Our Kiel district has increased ACT test scores for four consecutive years. Here's how we did it.
In Wisconsin, the ACT test is used as a measuring instrument to determine if students are ready for post-high school education, including two- and four-year colleges, technical schools and other institutions. This is done by testing students at the end of their 11th-grade year in math, reading, writing, English, English language arts, science and STEM.

New Menasha school emphasizes power savings
As students in the Menasha Joint School District count down to the last day of class, they’re also counting down to the opening of a new middle school.

Sheboygan Area School District to receive up to $100K for school bus replacement
The Sheboygan Area School District is among two dozen Wisconsin school districts to receive funding to replace old buses.

Wausau middle school opens 63-year-old time capsule to find … budget documents
Teachers and officials at a Wausau middle school on Friday publicly opened a time capsule that was placed in the building’s cornerstone in 1961 and then largely forgotten.