Schools

Kaukauna High School has selected 12 students as students of the month for December of the 2020-21 school year. Students are selected by a staff member in each department in the school.                                                                                                        

Art: Ethan Yang, Grade 12

The University of Wisconsin System and its flagship university are falling behind their peers in key financial metrics, as a tuition freeze, declining enrollment, stagnant state funding, and lackluster growth in research spending threaten their long-term competitiveness.

The K-Kids at Park Community Charter School is the “Kiwanis Club for Kids.”

Currently, the club has fourth graders participating, with hope the third graders can join them later in the school year as COVID-19 decreases.

Amid a pandemic and global recession, school districts are increasing property taxes for the coming year by 3.3 percent — lower than last year’s 4.5 percent but still the second-highest percentage since 2010.

The Little Chute School Board approved a 10-month elementary clerical/health assistant position at last week’s meeting.

The Kimberly Area School District Board of Education discussed the district’s tentative plans for summer school in 2021, extended the district’s COVID leave for staff past the end of this year and held another discussion on COVID updates at its regular meeting last Monday evening.

Mike Campbell, parent of three students in Kaukauna schools appearing at the second straight board meeting, failed to get movement from the KASD Board of Education at last week’s meeting to move middle and high school students back to school full time after the break.

Members of the Kaukauna High School National Honor Society are celebrating the season of giving with their annual district-wide holiday food drive.

For the month of November, Little Chute Earth Club recognized a long-standing member of its club to receive the Kiwanis Club Little Chute High School Student of the Month Award, Keaton Duffeck. 

On the recommendation of the Little Chute School Board’s Building, Grounds and Energy Committee, members approved repair to a wall in the Elementary School to prevent water infiltration.