BELOIT The West Branch Board of Education discussed Wednesday a recent experiment to gauge how much distractions from cell phones disrupt student learning. Superintendent Micki Egli explained that students in the participating classes at the high school and middle school were instructed to turn their ringers on, and to make a tally on the […]
BELOIT The West Branch Board of Education approved the district’s new open enrollment policy Wednesday. Discussed at length by the board last June, the ne
BELOIT – The West Branch Board of Education announced the receipt of two new grants in its meeting Wednesday. During her report Superintendent Micki Egli announced that the district had recently partnered with the Brookfield Local School District to apply for a Distance Learning and Telehealth grant through the United States Department of Agriculture and […]
BELOIT The West Branch Board of Education approved the district’s new open enrollment policy Wednesday. Discussed at length by the board last June, the new policy will see the district accept fewer new open enrollment students beginning in the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. During the June meeting Treasurer Adam Fisher said that prior to 2021 the […]
BELOIT The West Branch school board appointed a familiar face to fill the vacant board position in its annual organizational meeting Thursday. The positi