Schools

Responding to growing enrollment numbers in kindergarten and fourth grade, the Little Chute School Board at a recent meeting endorsed a request by Superintendent David Botz and Elementary Principal Mark Vandenhouten to hire an additional 1.5 full time equivalent employees if current numbers remain constant or increase for the 2020-21 school year

The Kimberly Area School District Board of Education was presented with more COVID-19 plans at its regular meeting last Monday evening. Among the items on the agenda were an update to the district’s safety plan and its COVID health response plan.

Whether in the classroom or virtually, Little Chute School District students will participate in real time learning from the classroom this fall.

The Little Chute School Board passed at a recent meeting an intergovernmental agreement establishing a joint insurance task force for Fox Valley area county and local governments to establish a Fox Area Schools Health Insurance Cooperative.

The Kimberly Area School District Board of Education was presented with the district’s instructional plan for 2020-21 at its regular meeting Monday evening.

Principal Corey Baumgartner has found a way to hold a graduation ceremony for the Kaukauna High School Class of 2020 on Wednesday, July 29, at Bank of Kaukauna Stadium.

The Kaukauna Area School District received a very positive report on its special education program based on an evaluation by Eric P. Hartwig, Ph.D.

Principal Jackie DePeau announced last week to students and families that Kimberly High School has cancelled the planned July 22 in-person graduation ceremony.

The school held a virtual ceremony on June 3 and tentatively scheduled an in-person ceremony for July 22 if the area was in Phase 3 of the Badger Bounce Back Plan by July 10.

A ​Kaukauna Area School District Reopening Parent Survey​ sent on Wednesday, June 24, resulted in 67 percent preferring their children go to school for in-person learning when school begins on Sept. 1.

At a time of unknowns relating to extended contracts, the Little Chute School Board gave approval for Building Service Group to continue cleaning the district's facilities for another year at a cost of $450,000.