Abbotsford School District, Wisconsin
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[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Wisconsin school district websites
[edit] The good
- There is a listing of the school board members.[1]
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[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Wisconsin school district websites
[edit] The good
- none posted yet
[edit] The bad
- none posted yet
[edit] External links
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[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of South Dakota school district websites
[edit] The good
- none posted yet
[edit] The bad
- none posted yet
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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[edit] References
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[edit] The bad
- A budget is listed only for the 2006-2007 school year.[1]
- Academic performance is detailed in the annual report but only available for 2006-2007.[1]
- No information about taxes proposed or passed to generate revenue for schools.
- No information on who the public records officer is.
- No information on the current budget, audits, or contracts.
- Information on hiring practices for teachers is not available.
[edit] School board
The school board is comprised of a superintendent and "such other officers as the legislature shall direct." The superintendent is appointed by the state legislature in the same manner as members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The superintendent can hold office for 4 years.[2] According to the state constitution the board of education may not prevent a non−union teacher from speaking of a bargaining issue at an open meeting, as was ruled in the [[Judgepedia:United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court case Madison School District v. Wisconsin Employment Commission.[3]
Below is a chart for the current school board.[4]
| Member | Role |
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| Don Medenwalt | President |
| Scott Nelson | Vice President |
| Tom Archambo | Clerk |
| Eric Reis | Treasurer |
| Tim Kramas | Director |
| LaVerne Harrison | Director |
| Rachel Schreiber | Director |
[edit] Teacher contracts
- Note: Information about the current contract in Abbotsford is not disclosed on it's website.
The Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) helps to negotiate contracts with the teacher's union, the Education Association of Wisconsin. The website for WASB pitches "professional" assistance on collective bargaining agreements, policies, salary ranges and fringe benefit data as well as past court information.[5]
[edit] WASB legislative agenda
Annually, WASP publishes its current legislative agenda, which is separates into state and federal issues.[6]
[edit] State
The largest concern at the state level is financing for the schools. WASB noted that the state budget deficit is $5.4 billion, which is near the total spending on education in the state.[6] Therefore WASB asked that the state renew its commitment to paying 2/3 of the education costs in the state without raising property taxes, as they increased on an average of 4.9 percent between 2000 and 2005. In 2007, the school property taxes rose to 7.4 percent, which was the highest since 1992-3.
For state aids and funds WASB asks for:[6]
- Coverage of 33 percent of the costs for bilingual-bicultural programs
- Full state funding for special education programs
- Funding to reduce the achievement gap between low income children and other children
- Fully funding the existing "sparsity aid" program
Another aspects of the money constraints include the declining enrollment of students which is placing many school boards into tight budgets.[6] As such they are proposing:
- School boards be allowed to increase their revenues by 2 percent about current limits
- Set the low-revenue ceiling at 100 percent of the statewide average cost per pupil
- Extend the hold-harmless revenue limit adjustment for two more years (currently one year)
Academic performance
The WASB also calls for a more individualized assessment of students than the current Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) and online testing.[6]
[edit] Budget
In 2009, the school received $56,883 dollars in stimulus money.[7]
The last budget to be posted for the school was back in 2006. At that time the school have a revenue of $7,651,419 and was spending on average $11,826 per student.[1] At that same time it had a total expenditure of $3,300,534 and spent $5,101 on each pupil.
[edit] Academic performance
Below are the academic performance grades for 4th through 10th grade in 2006.[1]
| Grade | Reading | Language | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies |
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| 4th grade | 73% | 85% | 83% | 91% | 100% |
| 5th grade | 84% | 69% | - | - | - |
| 6th grade | 87% | 81% | - | - | - |
| 7th grade | 84% | 84% | - | - | - |
| 8th grade | 92% | 57% | 71% | 82% | 96% |
| 10th grade | 80% | 77% | 77% | 72% | 80% |
[edit] External links
- Abbotsford school district official website
- Abbotsford Community
- Wisconsin Association of School Boards
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2006-2007 performance report
- ↑ Wisconsin Constitution,"Article 10, Section 1," retrieved July 9, 2009
- ↑ Wisconsin Constitution,"Article 1, Section 3," retrieved July 13, 2009
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedboard - ↑ WASB, Employment and Labor Law services
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Wisconsin Association of School Boards, 2009 Legislative Agenda
- ↑ US Department of Education, ESEA Title I LEA Allocations—FY 2009 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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