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Citizens vote down school district referendum

*Editor’s Note: Percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth and write-ins are excluded. Whitewater Unified School District $5.5 million four-year non recurring referendum. In addition to political government races, the Whitewater community voted on the Whitewater Unified School District’s (WUSD) $5.5 million four-year nonrecurring referendum. With 47.5% voting...

Whitewater, WI · 3d
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Menasha waits to learn winner of $1 million contest

MENASHA, Wis. (WBAY) - Menasha is waiting to know if its high school won a $1 million prize in T-Mobile’s high school stadium contest. The money would go a long way to rebuild Nathan Calder Stadium, which was damaged by the July 27 tornado. The million-dollar winner will be...

Menasha, WI · 3d
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New Students and Staff Settle Into Arrowhead

Every school year brings a new group of students and staff to Arrowhead High School, and with them comes a fresh wave of energy, excitement, and new perspectives. Moving to a new school or starting high school for the first time can often feel intimidating, but the welcoming environment at Arrowhead helps make that transition much smoother. Right from the start, new members of the community notice how friendly and helpful everyone is across campus. Reflecting on the positive energy throughout the building, the South Campus librarian shared that “Everyone’s really nice the staff and students are great,” highlighting how both teachers and returning students go out of their way to make newcomers feel like they belong.

Hartland, WI · 3d
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EXCLUSIVE: Trinity Lutheran School in Menasha set to close in January, parents voicing concerns

MENASHA, Wis. (WBAY) - Parents of students attending Trinity Lutheran School are raising concerns after the church’s congregation voted to close the school this January, about halfway through the school year. The congregation board voted on the closure Tuesday, according to a source close to the school board. Families...

Menasha, WI · 15h
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WIAA Football preview: Lake Mills tussles with West Salem for spot in state championship game

LAKE MILLS — If the L-Cats’ defense continues to make plays, there will be plenty of reasons to continue flashing the double thumbs-down sign. That sign, taken from the film Gladiator, has been a rallying cry for Lake Mills’ football team, which faces West Salem in a WIAA Division 4 Level 4 game on Friday at 7 p.m. at Stoughton High School for the right to play at Camp Randall Stadium in the state finals. “We’ve been doing the thumbs down gesture since week three against Lakeside,” senior wide receiver and linebacker Blake Bohlman said. “Coach Tyler Huber pulls up a movie clip every week and it’s kind of a theme we roll with. We watched the scene where a thumbs up and he lets them live and thumbs down, he finishes them. It’s a reminder to not get complacent.” Defensive end and tight end JP Brzowski, another one of the team’s 14 seniors, said the thumbs-down sign is about showing no mercy. “It’s been our mentality,” Brzowski said. “We never want to let them have any hope.” To reach their first-ever Level 4 game in the modern era — and second state semifinal in school history (1987) — the

Lake Mills, WI · 6h

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Sun Prairie superintendent applies for Wisconsin principal license; board says it stands behind him

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WMTV) - Sun Prairie Superintendent Dr. Antoine Reed has submitted a new application for a Wisconsin principal license, and the Sun Prairie school board’s vice president says the board continues to stand behind him as he works through the state’s licensing process. The Wisconsin Department...

Sun Prairie, WI · 1d

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Norovirus closes Consolidated Elementary doors until at least Nov. 16

JANESVILLE — The Milton School District closed one of its elementary schools for the rest of the week because of a norovirus outbreak. Norovirus is more commonly known as the stomach flu. Late Wednesday, the district announced the closure of Consolidated Elementary because “more than 35%” of its student population had been sickened by norovirus. The District decided on this course of action after consultation with District Nurse Melissa Forrett and the Rock County Health Department. No other schools have been affected yet, according to the district. The district plans to open the school Monday. Superintendent Jeremy Bilhorn said that at the start of Wednesday, there were 30 students who were absent from the illness. Throughout the day, that number continued to climb as more students were sickened with the norovirus and were sent home. Bilhorn could not confirm the exact total at the end of the school day. “We noticed the numbers rose pretty high today,” Bilhorn said. The district will monitor reported absences at other schools and any ahead of Monday at Consolidated. “The idea is to take in account student safety, and best practice and guidance from our county health department,” Bilhorn said. Consolidated Elementary, the district’s

Janesville, WI · 20h

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Madison schools finding general success with stricter cellphone bans

Madison Metropolitan School District teachers, administrators and even students report that legally required cellphone bans in the city’s public schools have had an overall positive effect on students’ learning. With cellphones in nearly every high schooler’s pocket and generative artificial intelligence exploding in popularity, students’ attention is pulled...

Madison, WI · 1d

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Wisconsin High School Football Playoffs: Racine Case Eagles Soaring To New Heights On Quest For State Championship

Dramatic last-second field goal clinches dramatic victory as Eagles soar into WIAA Division 1 state semifinals for first time in program history.

Madison, WI · 18h

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Wisconsin colleges lose federal childcare funding for student parents

For the first time in nearly 30 years, Wisconsin parents attending college will not have access to federal funding to help them pay for childcare. Since 1999, the federal Child Care Access Means Parents in School program, or CCAMPIS, has covered 75 percent to 95 percent of childcare costs for eligible, low-income student parents receiving Pell Grants.

Wisconsin · 7h

TMJ4 News

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Milwaukee private school released K4 student to wrong guardian

The autistic, non-verbal student was released and found with a group of students and was returned in a matter of minutes, school leaders say

Milwaukee, WI · 18h

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MPS students continue their fight for better school lunches

Who doesn’t love a good lunch? In schools, not only do lunches provide nutrition, improve focus, and impact test scores, they might also be the only things some students in Milwaukee eat that day. At Milwaukee Public Schools there’s been a long fight for better school lunches for years....

Milwaukee, WI · 3d

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Build first, close later: MPS superintendent pitches new approach to school facilities

Milwaukee Public Schools wants to suggest a list of new buildings and schools targeted for investment or renovation before it closes any schools, Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said at the Great Schools Committee meeting Monday night. “We do not want to come with a list of closing,” Cassellius said. “We want...

Milwaukee, WI · 1d

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Tosa West Boys Basketball Reloads with Team First Mentality

2023–24 Season: 24–6 (WIAA Division 2 State Champions) 2024–25 Season: 20–7 (Sectional Semifinalists Loss to New Berlin) Key Returning Core: Max Gogin (Sr., G), Carter Conway (Jr., G), Logan “Bear” Collins (So., G), Kason Mangum (Sr., C) New Faces to Watch: Nico Kleist, Jacob...

Wauwatosa, WI · 1d

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Yavapai College and Waukesha County Technical College Launch Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree Pathways

Prescott, Arizona — Waukesha County Technical College and Yavapai College signed an agreement Nov. 10 establishing five transfer pathways into Yavapai’s online three-year optimized degrees in business and public safety administration. The routes allow WCTC students and graduates to apply qualifying coursework toward a bachelor’s degree without having to relocate from Wisconsin.

Prescott, AZ · 1d

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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After 34 years, Assata High School suddenly closing in November

Assata High School, which since 1992 has served Milwaukee students at risk of not graduating from high school, plans to close at the end of November because of low enrollment. The news came in a Nov. 3 letter from Tony Kearney, president of the board of directors for Assata, to Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius. The closure will be effective Nov. 30, he wrote. As a partnership school, Assata is run as a nonprofit by an independent board of directors, but it relies on a contract with MPS for funding and oversight. It offers credit recovery courses and career exploration. The Milwaukee School Board is scheduled to consider the mutual termination of its contract with Assata at a meeting Nov. 12 . In his letter to MPS, Kearney expressed "sincere regret" about the closure. "This decision was reached after careful consideration and is the result of declining enrollment over the past couple of years, a trend that has made it no longer possible to serve our scholars at the level they deserve," Kearney wrote. Assata has enrolled between 90 and 130 students each year for the past two decades, state data show. In 2024, enrollment dropped to 78, then

Milwaukee, WI · 2d

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Is High School Actually About Learning or Just Getting Good Grades?

Students spend many hours studying, doing homework and keeping grades up, but are they really learning or just trying to get enough points to get good grades?. For some students, grades affect their GPA, the college they go to, and what they will do after graduating from high school, and this leads to another very important question, Do grades accurately show how much a student has learned?

Greendale, WI · 2d

The Center Square

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Small Wisconsin school district to dissolve after voters reject referendum

(The Center Square) – The Hustisford School District, in eastern Wisconsin, is going away. Wisconsin’s School District Boundary Appeal Board on voted to dissolve the district. It is the first time since 1990 board agreed to close a school district. Hustisford has just 238 students in the entire district and has been losing students for years. The school district asked voters for a $4 million referendum in April, but it failed. Quickly after the election, Hustisford Schools then began the process of shutting down. The vote was the final step. Wisconsin's state superintendent blamed a lack of money, and how the entire state of Wisconsin pays for schools for the shutdown. "The Hustisford School District is a casualty of decades of an antiquated, broken school funding formula that has failed to keep pace with the costs of educating our children," State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly said in a statement. But Hustisford Schools were spending about the state's average per student. Budget numbers show Hustisford's budget was more than $6 million per year and show that the school spends about $22,000 per student. That's more than Wisconsin's state average of nearly $18,000 per student. Hustisford is in rural Dodge County, and

Hustisford, WI · 6d

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New grant funds financial literacy in Northeast Wisconsin schools

NORTHEAST WISCONSIN – Cooperative Educational Service Agency 7 (CESA 7) recently received a Financial Literacy Innovation Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). This grant, totaling to $22,500, will be used to fund financial education through 2027 in the De Pere, Algoma, Denmark, Kewaunee, Kohler, Luxemburg-Casco, Mishicot,...

Sturgeon Bay, WI · 4d

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Lincoln Avenue School community holds on to hope as demolition plans take shape

Former staff, students and parents reflect on the loss of their school as MPS prepares for demolition and a new bidding process.

Milwaukee, WI · 6d