Madison organization tangles with Alabama school board
Wisconsin News
A school board in Alabama says it will keep letting a person known as the "Bible Man" read the Bible to grade-school kids each month, despite objections from Madison's Freedom from Religion Foundation.
School Column: Dog track site is best suited for secondary school
The characteristics of the St. Croix Meadows dog track make it an exceptional site for a future secondary school.
RELATED CONTENTLetter: Critical of school plan
Superintendent Mary Bowen-Eggebraaten’s column in last week’s paper made for some interesting reading. First of all, advocating for a yes vote at work on taxpayer funded computers seems to be a violation of Wisconsin law.
Letter: Entitled to one’s opinion
I read Sandy Gerhke’s letter describing what she observed at the school board meeting (that someone said the track property is practically free) and found it a pretty accurate description of the event. Then I read Mary Beth Lorbiecki Mataya’s version of the meeting in which she claims, no one said the track property was “free.”
Letter: Thoughts on teachers
The sermon at my church this week was about teachers. I was reminded that Jesus himself was referred to as Rabbi, or teacher, as translated from the Hebrew. It struck me as ironic, that many in our community, have chosen to vilify and demonize those employed in that most noble of professions.
Letter: Back Bruch in primary
Let’s keep our ship from sinking by voting for Liz Bruch in the school board primary (Feb. 21). Liz is a longtime Hudson resident, committed to public education and will represent the students and residents of the Hudson School District.
Letter: Questions school
Thanks to people like John Windolff and Marion Shaw for their input on the dog track for a new school. They could not have said enough. I hope there are a lot more good people that live in the Hudson school district that feel the same way.
Letter: Defends her letter
Last week Ms. Mataya took offense to my previous letter wherein I talked about my attendance at the last school board meeting. She accused me of “casting aspersions ... on independent engineers.” She accused me of “undercutting reputations to make a point.”
CVTC seeks board applicants
The Chippewa Valley Technical College Board Appointment Committee is accepting applications for three positions on the CVTC Board of Trustees. The open positions are for one employer member, one employee member, and one school district administrator and will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2012.
RELATED CONTENTKrahenbuhl puts grant money to good use in Hudson schools
In the nine years Dana Krahenbuhl has been with the Hudson School District, she has written or co-written grants that have brought near $250,000 into district. Krahenbuhl is the district’s Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinator.
RELATED CONTENTDistrict gets OK to test four-day school week
Wisconsin News
A small school district in western Wisconsin may become the first in the state to switch to a four-day school week.
Classes and support groups
The following classes and support groups are offered in partnership between Hudson Hospital & Clinics
Rock students are part of Digital Learning Day
The Media/Technology and Music project that all fifth-graders participated in at E.P. Rock Elementary School was part of the state’s observation of the first-ever Digital Learning Day campaign Feb. 1.
RELATED CONTENTFilm fest on energy presented
For the second year in a row, What We Need is Here, a network of non-profit organizations united to spark action to encourage sustainable living in the St. Croix Valley,
RELATED CONTENTSt. Pat’s celebrates Catholic Schools Week
Maggie Watters is a delightful, energetic four-year-old, who loves to tell about spiders, snowmen, snowflakes, snow-globes and all sorts of things.
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