Education

The focus this week was on finding solutions to the many challenges facing school nutrition teams, such as ongoing supply chain disruptions, inflation and rising gas prices.

Dozens of districts are offering up meals to children this summer as part of the program.

Annual enrollment in the district has been declining for decades, and the trend is projected to continue for the next several years.

Wisconsin school leaders have until May 10 to apply for a share of a $1 million grant to purchase tech ed equipment.

Wisconsin technical college students working and studying the trades industry can apply for $1,500 scholarships.

The plan was to send the survey out to students systemwide Thursday.

According to Evers’s office, schools can use the money to hire and support mental health navigators, providing mental health first aid and trauma-based care training, or provide family assistance programs.

18 of 22 school referenda items were approved by western Wisconsin voters Tuesday night.

A baseless rumor that students who dress up as animals are getting special treatment in a Wisconsin school district is circulating widely online this week after a conservative radio host said she’d received an email about the issue last month.

The money would go to Minnesota residents who enroll as freshmen at the university’s Duluth, Rochester, Crookston and Morris campuses.

The event features more than 340 different employers.

The CDC no longer requires masks to be worn on school-owned transportation.

"The amount of families and students that she's touched across Sherman and in our district and our community is immeasurable. "

"I just enjoy coming in every day and seeing their smiles and getting the hellos and working through the hard things."

"It's amazing just to walk in and hear all the buzz but it's always kind and caring and the students know it's a safe place."

"I get to come in and play with kids and teach kids in an active setting where they get to move and I get to move."

"He is there for everybody all the time, so positive and so supportive."

"She coaches students in areas around trauma, mindfulness and the self-care that's where she really stands out."

"I love being in HR because I get to work with an amazing team and I also get to support our staff."

School boards have become politically contentious areas in the past year over COVID-19 mitigation and critical race theory.

System officials say they plan to withdraw mandates as soon as March 1 and will be finished ending them no later than spring break.

"I've always loved teaching first grade and watching the kids learn how to read and write."

"She works with our youngest learners ages 3-to-5 and does a spectacular job."

Nonprofit organizations in the state can apply for up to $500,000 to recruit, train and license teachers to meet the state’s Department of Public Instruction guidelines for serving low-income and urban area school districts.

The ECASD said it was making the change because COVID-19 cases are significantly down in the district.

'Having music class feeds the soul as well as feeding the brain and the body and the spirit. "

"He's a great manager of the kids and he does it through connection and kindness."

"I would define Joe as the ultimate educator... he wants to educate everyone on what he knows."

"It feels like I'm becoming a professional teacher and really finding my place as an educator."

"Sarah plays a huge role in helping all kids succeed even those with extra struggles."