Schools

The die was cast for Wisconsin Heights taxpayers back in the fall of 1993 when the Wisconsin Legislature passed Act 16, which placed restrictions on the revenue a school district is entitled to receive each year from state sources and local property taxes.

Sauk Prairie School District unveiled its Advanced Manufacturing Lab and other recently upgraded facilities at the High School on Tuesday, February 6, in front of a large crowd, as the district touted the benefits of a $2.44 million Workforce Innovation Grant it received in 2021.

The last week in January Wisconsin Heights 4th graders experimented with string and cups in order to understand how sound moves.

Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation recently announced another donation to the Sauk Prairie School District, bringing its total contributions over the past year to more than $10,000. Specific donations to Sauk Prairie school programs include:

AED and Carrying Case for off-site events - $1,403

The Wisconsin Heights school board at their January 22 meeting discussed and decided on enrollment caps, in particular their 4K cap where no spaces are available for open enrollment. There are no other caps in place for the remaining grade levels.

National School Counseling Week 2024, “School Counseling: Standards-Based, Student-Focused,” sponsored by the American School Counselor Association, will be celebrated from Feb. 5–9, 2024, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S.

The Sauk Prairie School District Board approved a wellness clinic for their employees, which will provide acute and urgent care. Superintendent Jeff Wright gave a simple reason as to why the clinic has come about: there is a lack of available appointments for those services in the area.

Wisconsin’s public school open enrollment program allows parents to apply for their children to attend a school district other than the one in which they live. The Department of Public Instruction recently announced that the full-time open enrollment regular application period begins February 5th and runs through April 30, 2024.

Sauk Prairie School District’s Bridges Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) is a wonderful space for students to take learning outdoors and even get their hands dirty learning about nature. The magic of the OLE was started by Cheryl Sprecher and others when the school was first built.

The Wisconsin Heights Superintendent search all but wrapped up as board president Barb Statz confirmed on Monday, “We have an accepted offer from Michelle McGrath to become our next superintendent.” McGrath brings 27 years of educational experience to the job.