Monday, January 7, 2013
Golden Guernsey in Waukesha closed without warning on Saturday, leaving area school districts finding other companies for their milk needs.
Area school officials say they are not concerned about the ability to supply local children despite the abrupt closing of a Waukesha milk processing plant over the weekend. When employees of Golden Guernsey, started reporting the Waukesha dairy factory had abruptly shut down, some people were worried about the ability of school districts to obtain milk for students. A school official for the Slinger School District told Today’s TMJ4 that schools there will run out of milk by Wednesday. However, officials at several school districts in the Milwaukee area say they don't envision problems with having milk for their students. The Waukesha School District will have milk on hand as schools start for the week on Monday. “Our food service company …
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Team earns 14th consecutive NSCAA/adidas Academic All-American Team Award
Editor's note: The following information was provided to Patch via a news release from Catholic Memorial High School. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) has once again recognized the academic excellence of the Catholic Memorial High School (CMH) varsity girls’ soccer team. For the 14th consecutive year, CMH will receive the NSCAA/adidas Academic All-American Team Award. The NSCAA gives this award to teams that demonstrate “exemplary performance in the classroom.” The Varsity girls’ soccer team at Catholic Memorial earned one of the highest grade point averages of all schools in the country with a 3.74 average G.P.A. during the 2011-2012 school year. The NSCAA will recognize the team at the NSCAA national …
Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Waukesha School Board approved a four-year contract for school resource officers, agreeing to pay more for what they call a valuable program.
Wednesday night, the Waukesha School Board unanimously approved a four-year contract for school resource officers, agreeing to pay more for what they call a valuable program. The increase in cost is worth the money, according to the district. “What started out as an efficient way to respond to calls at the high school has become an important part of our schools,” School Board Member Joseph Como said. "They've embraced the programs we have in the schools," Como added. "They've become friends with the students and administration and they're trusted by the students. They’re really incorporated into the schools." All three principals affirmed their support of the program, Como said. The program costs about $300,000 to run, according to a memo …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
But district is offering just half-percent raises as School Board attorney says negotiations are limited to base wages under the state's new collective bargaining law.
While School District of Waukesha officials are offering the teachers union a 0.5 percent base wage increase, the union is asking for a 1.64 percent salary increase for the 2011-12 school year. An agreement has not yet been reached as the initial proposal from the union was delivered to the School Board on Tuesday. The salary increase is based on the cost of living increase from the 2010-11 school year, said Cathy Atkinson, president of the Education Association of Waukesha. But the district won’t be able to negotiate under the union’s proposal, said Gary Ruesch, the attorney for the School Board, because the district can only negotiate for base wages under Act 10’s collective bargaining rules. Because salaries can include supplemental pay…
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
College students and kids check out the Fox River during a tour on Wednesday.
College students in Waukesha County Technical College’s two-year Instructional Assistant program worked with third graders from Waukesha’s Hillcrest Elementary School on Wednesday in an environmental, project-based discovery learning opportunity at the Fox River Sanctuary.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
One month into the school year, and last year's outbreak of pertussis apparently hasn't left Waukesha schools.
The whooping cough has returned to the Waukesha schools this year. While five students in the district reportedly had pertussis during the summer break, there has been one new diagnosed case in a Waukesha school, according to School Board member Bill Baumgart. Baugart did not know Wednesday night which school had a case of the whooping cough. “This is going to continue until, I guess, it runs its course,” Baumgart said. The whooping cough was on the rise in southeastern Wisconsin last school year, with the first case being reported to the Waukesha School Board in December. As of February, there were six confirmed cases of the disease. Meanwhile, while Marquette University has confirmed cases of the mumps at its Milwaukee campus, Waukesha …
Waukesha school officials may take a look at student behavior policies to address sexual dance moves at high school dances.
With one School Board member describing it as "offensive," Waukesha school officials Wednesday night said the district may take a look at cracking down at "grinding" at school dances. The issue arose after a father of a Waukesha West High School student told the School Board that grinding at high school dances is an “ongoing problem” that needs to be resolved immediately. Kent Primrose told the board he recently picked up his daughter and her friends from a freshman dance at West. The young high school students immediately told him about grinding that occurred during the dance. Grinding is essentially dance involving partners that rub their bodies on each other in a sexual manner. “My daughter and several her friends were frankly …
Monday, September 24, 2012
Union wants to review school district's financial figures before submitting its wage increase proposal.
The Waukesha School District is prepared to offer its teachers a 0.5 percent wage increase for the 2011-12 school year, but the union is not yet prepared to give a wage proposal as it moves forward with negotiations. The wage increases, if accepted by the union, would be paid to the teachers retroactively. After the 2011-12 contract is settled, school officials can begin work on the 2012-13 teaching contracts. The settling of the past school year’s contracts were delayed because of changes in the state’s Act 10 collective bargaining law that limits public unions from negotiations except for wages. The school district’s last contract expired in June 2011. Teachers had wages frozen for the 2009-10 school year and received a 1 percent wage …
Monday, September 17, 2012
The School District of Waukesha canceled a meeting about contract negotiations to obtain more information about what a Dane County judge's ruling means for the district.
Editor's Note: This article was updated at 5 p.m. Monday to include comments from Mayor Jeff Scrima about the impacts to the city. A Dane County judge’s decision to strike down the state’s collective bargaining law has left area officials wondering what to do next. The School District of Waukesha was set to hold its initial session to bargain with the teachers union over 2011-12 teaching contracts Monday. But that meeting is on hold because Judge Juan Colas ruled Friday evening that the controversial law is null and void, saying the law violates both the state and U.S. Constitutions. As a result, the school district decided to cancel the meeting while trying to get more information. Superintendent Todd Gray said Monday the timing of the …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Waukesha School Board approves budget that accounts for a 6 percent decrease in equalized property values. Public hearing on budget is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 2.
Equalized property values in the Waukesha School District are expected to drop an estimated 6 percent, triple the 2 percent drop the district had estimated when preparing the 2012-13 budget. That decrease in equalized property valuations will result in a higher tax rate for homeowners, despite the district reducing expenses by $8.4 million and decreasing the tax levy by $891,000. “The property valuations came as a pretty big surprise to us," Finance Committee Chairman Joseph Como said. "We had estimated a 2 percent drop in valuations. Last year, we had a drop of 1.5 percent so we thought we were being pretty conservative with two percent.” Wednesday night, the school board approved the budget for publication. The public hearing of the …
Alecto
12:04 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
I don't understand why the school district(s) don't simply contract directly with the dairy or with local food providers? Wouldn't that be cheaper and better for the kids? It's unprofessional and inept of OpenGate to acquire Guernsey without even checking state labor laws before closing the planet. What a bunch of amateurs! more ›