Winneconne Weekly

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

From District Administrator, Dr. Peggy Larson

Attention Families,

All of the entrances, in each of our buildings, will be under construction this sumer as we add more secure entryways. Please pay attention to signage on each building.

Dr. Peggy Larson, District Administrator

WCSD

School Board Meetings

School Board Meeting Agendas are available via THIS LINK the Thursday or Friday prior to each board meeting. Board meetings begin at 6:30 PM. You may attend in person - WMS in the large group lecture or watch virtually at https://www.youtube.com/winneconne

Upcoming meeting dates: Monday, June 5, 2023

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We are asking the Board of Education to update the calendar for next year. We are requesting to move the end of the first semester from Jan. 11 to Jan. 18 and change the staff development day from Jan. 12 to Jan. 19.

Draft Updated School Calendar 2023-24

School Calendar 2022-23

A Note from our District Nurse, Jennifer Krause

Please click on the attached document to see the full document, includeing summer health information for all families.

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Covid Test Kits FREE

Dear WCSD Families,

We have FREE COVID test kits available if you are interested! They are the BinaxNOW kits. They have an extended expiration date of Feb 2024. Please see this document to verify the expiration date on your COVID test kit.

Please contact the health office if you would like some boxes sent home with your child.

Thank you!

Mrs. Krause

District Nurse

krausej@w-csd.org

920-582-5803 extension 3134

Mrs. Houlihan

Elementary Health Assistant

houlihak@w-csd.org

920-582-5803 extension 3120

Ms. Sawotka

Middle/High School Health Assistant

sawotkam@w-csd.org

920-582-5800 extension 2168

A Note from our Food Services Director, Diane Agrell

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Just a reminder to all parents, please take care of any negative food service balances by the end of June when our financial year ends. Note that any remaining food service balances will roll over to next year. Thank you.

State Track Send Off

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We are excited to once again have a special send off for another great accomplishment by our Winneconne student athletes. On Thursday, June 1st at approx. 11:30 am, members on the State Track Team Track Athletes, Coaches, Parents, and Fans should gather at the HS for any photos, and well wishes for the teams.

All community members should feel free to line Mainstreet from 9th Avenue to Jackie's Parkside between 11:20am and 12:10pm on Thursday, June 1st to support our team as they head off to Lacrosse for their WIAA State Championships!

Best of luck to all athletes participating and coaches. Go Wolves!!!

Tim Whitford

Winneconne Athletic Director

Bussing Information for the 2023-2024 School Year

Please click on the documents below to access important links regarding bussing for the next school year. Please read the letter carefully, you may need to complete the appropriate linked form by June 20th, even if no bussing is needed, are open enrolled, or have an 11th-12th grade student who may not have transportation.

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Affordable Connectivity Program

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WCSD families may not be aware that they can get help from the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), a federal program that provides internet discounts of $30/month to low-income families and residents. Families who qualify for free or reduced lunch or other income-based programs such as SNAP and Medicaid are eligible. With additional discounts from internet providers in many areas, households may be eligible for free service. Please visit https://www.fcc.gov/acp for more information.

Work Permit Changes

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EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Our school offices will no longer be processing Work Permits.

Per the DWD:

As you may have heard, the Department of Workforce Development's Equal Rights Division has developed a new online work permit application tool. The Division carefully considered the lessons of the past few years, when pandemic restrictions made it nearly impossible for some minors to obtain work permits and decided to pursue an online application that would be available to the parents of minors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from any computer, tablet, smartphone, or similar device. The application improves accessibility for minors who live in rural or underserved areas and eliminates the difficult logistics involved in working parents having to take off work to make a trip to a work permit office.

The application is live now. A parent can access the site using these instructions. Payment is made directly to the department through the application, using a credit or debit card or by ACH direct withdrawal. Once the permit application process is complete, the Department mails a paper copy of the permit directly to the employer.

In addition, we have reorganized our employment of minors web pages. The information you need is linked at the bottom of this page, including a guide to hazardous and prohibited work, the hours and times of day restrictions for minors, and links to the appropriate statutes and codes.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us by email at workpermits@dwd.wisconsin.gov.

Sincerely,

Matthew White (pronouns: he/his)

Director, Bureau of Investigations

Equal Rights Division

Department of Workforce Development

School Security

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NOTICE: Beginning in September 2023, you will not be permitted to enter any of our school buildings without first checking in with your Driver’s License. Please come prepared to show your ID to receive a guest badge for admittance during the school day.

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Community Listening Sessions

The Board of Education has heard that our community members/families would like to sit down and chat with a few board members - have a casual conversation about school/community issues. All are welcome to attend. The meetings are as follows:

Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30PM MS library

Dates for 2023-24:

September 20, 2023
January 24, 2024
April 24, 2024

SUMMER SCHOOL PAYMENT REMINDER - DUE BY JUNE 2ND

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All confirmations for Summer School classes have been emailed out. Your students will all be rostered into their summer school classes, and fees MUST BE PAID ONLINE THIS YEAR, similar to activity, sports, and high school course fees. You should be able to find your fees on your students account in eFunds. Directions and links to making payments can be found here.

Do not drop off checks in our offices for summer school, they will be returned.