By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  On the annual review of school district performance for student achievement in 2017-2018, also known as the state report card, the Colfax school district has exceeded expectations. “This is good news,” said William C. Yingst Jr., school district administrator, during the Colfax Board of Education’s November meeting. “We have…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  The Colfax school district has been awarded grants totaling $91,367 in Safe Schools grants from the Wisconsin Department of Justice. William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator, reported on the grant awards at the Colfax Board of Education’s October 29 meeting. Following the massacre of 17 people in a school…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  The Colfax Board of Education has approved a combined tax levy of $2,806,655 for the 2018-2019 budget, which compares to a combined tax levy of $2,781,921 for the 2017-2018 budget. The Colfax Board of Education unanimously approved setting the tax levy as presented at the school board’s October 29…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  If students were to take the transcript credit classes somewhere else that are taught in-house by Colfax High School teachers, the cost would be $76,000. John Dachel, high school principal, presented the “contract for service” agreement from Chippewa Valley Technical College for the transcript credit classes at the Colfax…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  Instead of texting someone who is sitting only a few feet away, students at Colfax High School are discovering they can actually talk to each other. That’s because of a new rule recently implemented at Colfax High School absolutely prohibiting cell phones in class. John Dachel, high school principal,…