Schools

By Judy Dixon Hebbe

Reporter

The Little Chute School Board last week approved a revised balanced budget for 2022-23 of $20,380,342, of which $4,655,595 will be supported by the tax levy.

By Brian Roebke

Editor

After showing a 17 percent decrease in 2021, the Kaukauna Area School District is showing a 15 percent decrease in the mill rate for 2022.

By Judy Dixon Hebbe

Reporter

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

The Kimberly Area School District has developed and approved a new position this year as Angela Van Grinsven, a former second grade literacy teacher at Westside, will be the named as a phonological interventionist for the district.

By Brian Roebke

Editor

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has thrown a wrench into the Kaukauna Area School District’s plan to build a new school off of Highway 55 on Kaukauna’s south side.

By Tom Collins

Reporter

The vision for the Little Chute Community Access Network ran into something of a major obstacle recently when estimated costs for completing the full project surpassed the $650,000 mark.

By Daniel Schoettler

Reporter

The 4K Center for Literacy in the Kimberly Area School District will be getting more space. The board looked at options at last week’s meeting, including renovating the current location, building a new facility, and expanding at a current facility. 

Compiled by Brian Roebke

Editor

Publicity around the desire of the Kaukauna Area School District’s Board of Education to add a welcome sign in front of Kaukauna High School by the galloping ghost bronze statue turned out to be a pretty good financial deal for the district.

By Judy Dixon Hebbe

“We view the retention of current staff as vital to ensure delivering the best possible educational experience and seek to do so by surveying departing staff to learn how we can meet that goal,” Superintendent Heidi Schmidt told the Little Chute School Board last week.

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