Tribune Schools
$2.73 million tax levy approved at Glenwood schools annual meeting
GLENWOOD CITY — Taxpayers in the Glenwood City School District will see a slight increase in their mill rate following the approval of a tax levy of $2,730, 903 to support the proposed budget for the 2020-2021 school year at the annual meeting held Monday evening, August 17 in the high school commons area. The…
Read MoreWIAA Board defines alternate fall season; winter and spring seasons to be shortened
STEVENS POINT – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association approved several details of a one-year alternative season in the spring for fall sports and reduced the number of weeks for sports during the 2020-21 winter and spring seasons at its August meeting held August 14. The Board established the parameters and context of the alternate fall…
Read MoreGlenwood City issues school re-entry plan
By LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — Tim Johnson, Glenwood City school superintendent, says if there is one thing he wants people to know about school starting this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that there are still just as many questions as answers. Be that as it may, “the school district will continue…
Read MoreGC School Board approves staffing and busing changes, curriculum and technology purchases
GLENWOOD CITY — A planned half-hour regular session, prior to its annual retreat, grew three times longer when the Glenwood City Board of Education met Monday, August 3 in the commons area. A long, itemized agenda of personnel matters, curriculum and technology purchases, transportation updates and pay increases led to in-depth explanations and subsequent discussions…
Read MoreNew principal at Tiffany Creek Elementary now on the job
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — DeeAnn Thompson, the new principal at Tiffany Creek Elementary who replaced Andy Hoeppner, has been at her new job for about a month. Thompson said she was inspired to apply for the position because she enjoys the sense of community in a small school district. “I attended a small-town…
Read MoreWIAA approves fall sports season with dramatic changes
For the many student athletes, coaches, parents, school administrators and fans that were holding their collective breath, they can all breathe a sigh of relief after the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Board of Directors approved conducting the 2020 fall sports season following a special business meeting Thursday, July 23. But there are significant changes and…
Read MoreSuperintendent updates Boyceville School Board on reopening plans
BOYCEVILLE —Superintendent Nick Kaiser updated Boyceville’s Board of Education on the progress of the district’s reopening plans for the 2020-21 school years during its July meeting held last Wednesday evening, July 15 in the Tiffany Creek Elementary IMC. With just three of its five members present to constitute a quorum, Kaiser told the board during…
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Glenwood City School Board hears reports, approves new hires
GLENWOOD CITY — As with many of its meetings, the Glenwood City Board of Education spent a majority of its regular monthly meeting held in the commons Monday evening, July 13 listening to reports from its administrative team and asking questions. A myriad of subjects were discussed during the two-hour session including the reopening of…
Read MoreBell retires from Boyceville school district after 34 years
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — After teaching second grade and third grade in the Boyceville school district for 34 years, Debra Bell is retiring and closing her classroom door for the last time. Bell is originally from Viroqua where she grew up on a farm and attended school from kindergarten to twelfth grade. She…
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