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1 week ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Nadia Scharf
A Howard preschool will close permanently in mid-June over leasing issues and conflict with its related charter school. New Leaf Preschool, 360 AMS Court, a Montessori-based private preschool, will close June 13, according to a letter reportedly shared with parents. The school’s summer camp will also close. The preschool is in the same building as public K-8 charter school New Leaf Prep Academy, which rents the whole space.
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1 week ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Nadia Scharf
The U.S. Education Department's Office of Civil Rights has launched an investigation into the Green Bay School District after a January complaint alleged an elementary school discriminated against a White student based on his race. “In America, we do not ‘prioritize’ students for educational access, nor do we judge their worth, on the basis of skin color.
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2 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Nadia Scharf
In the first year of the USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN's statewide Student of the Week initiative, nearly half the students were from the Green Bay area. We launched Wisconsin Student of the Week at the beginning of this school year: Teachers, counselors and coaches nominated high school students, and our readers voted for a winner each week. Now, as students are getting ready to graduate, we wanted to look back at the local winners.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Nadia Scharf
In the first year of the USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN's statewide Student of the Week initiative, nearly half the students were from the Green Bay area. We launched Wisconsin Student of the Week at the beginning of this school year: Teachers, counselors and coaches nominated high school students, and our readers voted for a winner each week. Now, as students are getting ready to graduate, we wanted to look back at the local winners.
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2 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Nadia Scharf
The Green Bay School District revised language in a student success plan after a civil rights complaint alleged it discriminated against a White student. The original plan prioritized support for First Nations, Black and Hispanic students, but now focuses on students needing additional support. The change follows federal pressure on school districts to avoid racial preferences in resource allocation.
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2 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Nadia Scharf
Superintendent Ron Saari has been put on administrative leave due to performance concern" after a May 20 performance review in closed session, according to a news release from the Wrightstown School District. Saari will be on leave until the review is complete, the release said. The Wrightstown School Board met in closed session May 20 "to discuss concerns of Mr. Saari's performance," the release said. No information was given regarding what those performance concerns are.
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2 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Nadia Scharf
At a heated Green Bay school board meeting May 19, commenters raised concerns about the integrity of the board in the wake of former board member Kou Lee’s resignation and questioned what the replacement process will look like. Lee resigned after a Press-Gazette investigation raised questions about his eligibility for office; since then, the Press-Gazette has reported the board received at least one complaint questioning Lee’s residency before the article was published in May.
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2 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Nadia Scharf
In a phone call the day former Green Bay School Board member Kou Lee resigned, board President James Lyerly told Lee to clarify his eligibility for the board and, if not, that resignation was on the table after a Green Bay Press-Gazette investigation raised questions about Lee’s eligibility for office. On May 8, the Press-Gazette reported that Lee had listed an address he didn’t live at on his campaign filings, and that it was unclear when he had moved into the district.
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3 weeks ago | 
postcrescent.com | Nadia Scharf
Wrightstown’s school board is back at full strength, with the two newly selected candidates emphasizing the importance of trust, communication and active listening. Jason Podgorski and Kelly Schaumberg will fill the two seats left empty on the Wrightstown school board after Tony Decker and Michael Mollen both resigned after the April election. One candidate, Matthew Jeanquart, interviewed but was not chosen.
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3 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Nadia Scharf
Last spring, nearly 60,000 students graduated from high school across Wisconsin. But 8.9% of the students who were expected to complete school didn't — almost 6,000 high schoolers. Most Green Bay area school districts' four-year graduation rates are over the state average of 91.1% in 2023-24 — and have been since at least 2020, according to the state Department of Public Instruction.
