by Chris Kulow | Jun 8, 2021 | Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
LFB: State now expects $4.4 BILLION more in tax revenue than previous estimates
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by Dan Rossmiller | Jun 7, 2021 | Federal Issue, Legislative Update Blog, State Budget
WSJ: Republicans shouldn't risk $1.5B for Wisconsin schools
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by | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorized

Sophomores at Greenfield High School collaborated on a book about life during the pandemic.
The pandemic-era reflections of 191 Greenfield High School sophomores have been put together in a book called “QuaranTEENed,” CBS-58 reports.
The book, which started as a classroom assignment, contained vignettes from students who wrote about Covid, how the lockdown affected them and what they’ve learned.
“When people look at this, I want them to realize that we’re just teens and we had to like go through this strange period, this strange new world, sort of,” said Cadence Brown.
Read the full story and watch the video at CBS-58.
by | Jun 4, 2021 | Uncategorized

A high school diesel mechanic training facility is under construction in Casco.
CASCO — A high school training facility for diesel mechanics is under construction in Casco, reports Green Bay-based WFRV-TV.
The program is a partnership between Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, the Luxemburg–Casco School District and local businesses.
“It really is meeting an industry need by doing something creative,” Superintendent Glenn Schlender told the TV station. “This is the first ever program in cooperation with a technical college, where kids can earn a technical diploma in diesel shop mechanics, along with their high school diploma.”
WFRV-TV has the full story and the video here.
by | Jun 3, 2021 | Uncategorized

Medford Area Senior High School teams took first and second place in a recent Project Lead the Way Engineering Design Competition, the Milwaukee School of Engineering reports.
Alexis Fleegel and Veronica Diercks took first for creating a speaker system for smart phones that does not require batteries. Tahtankka Damm and Logan Searles took second for making a sliding and folding truck bed accessory to help people retrieve hard-to-reach items safely and quickly.
The first-place team receives a $4,000 scholarship and the second-place team receives a $1,000 scholarship; both receive funding for new product development assessment by the Wisconsin Innovation Service Center
Their teacher is Tracy Swedlund.
Project Lead the Way Engineering says it “empowers students to step into the role of an engineer, adopt a problem-solving mindset, and make the leap from dreamers to doers.”
Learn more at the MSOE post.