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EDUCATION
School meals cost to increase slightly this year
With prices rising and federal funding running out, the Oregon School District Board of Education approved on a 4-3 vote a 15-cent increase in breakfasts and lunches during its Monday, July 22 meeting. Lunch prices for the 2024-25 school year will be $3.30 for K-4 students, $3.50 for grades 5-8,...
Direct Admit Wisconsin offers to be provided next week to qualified high school seniors
MADISON, Wis. -- High school seniors will begin receiving admission offers from the Universities of Wisconsin under the new Direct Admit Wisconsin program. Wisconsin seniors who have met Direct Admit Wisconsin requirements will be notified of their offers next week and continuing into September. Participating students should check their email accounts for these notices.
UW program administrators unenroll disabled student from study program, spark calls for accommodations reform
When Nikhita Steward-Trivedi searched for academic programs this summer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) caught their eye. Steward-Trivedi —who has Goltz syndrome, causing vision and mobility impairments — saw the three-week summer intensive as an opportunity to pursue their career goals and a place where it would be easier to receive accommodations for their disability, in their mother Lina Steward-Trivedi’s view.
Letter | Homebound kids don't have qualified teachers
Dear Editor: Thank you for posting the story about improper licensing for teachers ("Teacher license error means these Madison kids must redo classes," July 23). My son is on homebound schooling and I have been fighting my school district to ensure my son has an appropriate education. He has had two homebound teachers and both have not had a special education license. They struggle to educate him and the district will not give him credit for any of his goals due to his placement, but really it is because the teachers do not know how to track goals.
Familiar faces, new places: SASD announces administrative changes
Around the Stoughton Area School District, it’s summer break time for the students, but staff have been keeping busy, including a few administrators that will have new roles for the 2024-25 year. Tamara Mouw is the new principal at River Bluff Middle School, Katie Sannes is switching from her...
Key Reads – Friday, July 26, 2024
We end the week with some hits of good news. In the midst of the turmoil in college athletics, the University of Wisconsin keeps their steady hand for at least the next five years. McIntosh, UW finalize 5-year contract extension | University of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin–Madison Director of Athletics...
Board OKs membership with School District Consortium
The Verona Area School District (VASD) Board of Education voted to join the Greater Dane County School District Consortium (GDCSDC) on Monday, July 22. Board members Jennifer Murphy, John Porco and Superintendent Tremayne Clardy attended a GDCSDC meeting in May, where a group of greater Dane County school districts are looking to collaborate on shared visions. The GDCSDC mission statement reads as follows:
Bursting the Bubble: How campus design can keep students trapped
As a former campus tour guide, I was often asked what made the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus so special. My answer? For a long time, I would tell incoming students a variety of answers: Lake Mendota, gameday culture or lakeshore in the fall. But after living on Stanford University’s...
Semester in Focus: Top stories from Spring 2024
Last spring, the University of Wisconsin campus and surrounding areas were companions to some of the biggest headlines. These stories were some of the most significant of the spring 2024 semester. Campus. A nationwide movement swept college campuses across the nation in April in response to the war in Gaza....
MMSD substitute’s lack of proper licensure results in 2K-plus make-up instruction minutes for 7 students
Seven students at Olson Elementary will need to make up 2,430 minutes of disqualified instruction after the school reportedly hired a substitute special education teacher who lacked proper licensing to teach a portion of the students’ instruction, according to The Capital Times. The error was brought to the attention...
Legislative committee on future of UW draws skepticism, hope
The state Legislature has formed a study committee to discuss possible reforms and restructuring of the Universities of Wisconsin. The committee includes four state lawmakers, two Republicans and two Democrats, and 14 other members, including business leaders, professors, and current and former administrators, selected by the Legislature’s Republican leadership.
Satire: An open letter to all UW professors
Dear professors of UW-Madison. It’s summer, we miss you. How are you doing? We love you (´•╭╮•`). Everybody knows how hard and committed you are to giving the pretty girls in class better grades than everyone else. It must be a very difficult job, having to discriminate like that all of the time. I know I wouldn’t wanna do that. There’s most definitely a lot on your mind given the upcoming semester. Which is why the entire student body has contributed to composing this letter just for you.
Badger athletes talk to high schoolers about balancing athletics with academics
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Four UW-Madison athletes visited Dodgeville High School tonight, to talk to high school athletes about the importance of balancing school with sports. Upland Hills Health partnered with the UW Madison athletic department to put on the event. High school students from around southwestern Wisconsin came to meet the athletes, ask questions, and get advice on what it is like to play a sport in college.
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