Schools

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.

The Kimberly Area School District Board of Education was presented with a thorough improvement plan concerning Kimberly High School at its regular meeting Monday, Nov. 23.

A pair of fathers of Kaukauna High School students appeared before the board to talk about their high school children not being in school full time.

The Kaukauna Area School District made the decision to transition Park Community Charter School to an all-virtual instructional model on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Primarily, this decision was based on the data that 29.41 percent of staff (10/34) was in quarantine, with one positive staff case and two positive student cases (2/255). 

The highlight of Kimberly’s message to its board of education last Monday evening concerning COVID-19 was simple and positive: Through the first quarter of the school year, the district has managed to continue with in-person learning five days a week.