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MADISON - A state appeals court last week found the Merrill Area Public School District had sole authority to determine whether Maple Grove Elementary School in the town of Hamburg had insufficient enrollment to continue operation.
The District III Court of Appeals opinion reversed a June 9, 2020, decision by Marathon County Judge Michael Moran, who erred by substituting his discretion for the district s in determining whether the charter school s enrollment was sufficient for successful operation, according to the appellate order.
The Maple Grove Governance Board had sued the Merrill School Board, which wanted to terminate the school’s charter for alleged failure to meet enrollment and academic achievement benchmarks.
Legislators require federal education aid to be used to push in-school instruction. By Catherine Capellaro - Feb 15th, 2021 09:45 am //end headline wrapper ?>School classroom. (Pixabay License).
A Legislative committee’s decision to tie federal COVID relief aid to in-person instruction strips control from local elected officials and could make it more difficult for schools to plan for safe re-opening, according to education advocates.
“This is a partisan attempt to punish public schools and override local control by playing political games with the federal dollars our schools have been desperately waiting for all year in the absence of any COVID-related support for our public schools from the GOP-controlled state legislature,”
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For the first time since March, some MPS students will return to in-person education. File photo by Adam Carr/NNS.
Milwaukee Public Schools will bring students back in person, starting with a limited group of students with disabilities returning on Feb. 8.
The rest of the student body will remain in virtual learning – at least for now.
The Board of Directors on Thursday approved allowing in-person instruction to take place in the following phases:
April 12: Pre-K through second grade
April 19: Third through eighth grade
April 26: Ninth through 12th grade
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