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Volume 42, No. 4

March 2018

A question has come up at Operating Referendum Meetings regarding looking at the District’s cost per student and is usually framed in the context of high cost.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) publishes cost per student statistics once all districts within the state have submitted fully audited financial statements. As of March 1, 2018, the most recent data is from fiscal year 2015-16. The statistical data analysis on the DPI website separates education cost from student transportation, facilities debt and operation, and food service.

In looking at all Wisconsin schools in an approximate 75-mile radius from Maple, the Total Current Education Cost or TCEC per school shows that Maple is actually 11th _{lowest of the 12 schools in this region and 330}th _{out of 423 Wisconsin schools.} The TCEC per student results are as follows:

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2016 FACILITIES, BUSING 2016 EDUCATION STATE & FOOD SERVICE STATE SCHOOL DISTRICT COST PER STUDENT RANK COST PER STUDENT RANK

Bayfield $19,506 3 $23,728 2

South Shore $15,500 15 $18,650 15

Northwood $12,157 82 $14,909 58

Washburn $12,126 85 $14,021 108

Solon Springs $11,726 111 $13,090 202

Mellen $11,513 139 $12,783 238

Ashland $11,248 166 $12,706 249

Drummond $11,082 178 $15,184 53

Hayward $10,738 231 $12,980 212

Superior $10,433 288 $12,895 220

Maple $10,152 330 $14,814 62

Spooner $ 9,248 412 $12,584 271

The largest cost in the education cost factor is wages and fringes for education staff. When Student Transportation Cost and Facilities Cost (primarily building debt) are combined with the TCEC, different results are generated. While transportation for Maple is relatively high, the greatest factor driving the higher total cost for Maple is building debt. Maple’s combined total district cost per member is 5th _{out of the 12 regional schools analyzed. Fortunately, as soon} as the building debt is paid off a significant drop in total cost and in property taxes will be the result. The data above and more can be found at: https://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/statistical/cost-revenue/section-d.

Please refer to the chart below as to how much state funding has declined for the District over the past 10 years.

Education Cost per Student

$7,297,923 $7,179,904 $6,000,000 $6,500,000 $7,000,000 $7,500,000

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

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Wear yellow to “Be a Ray of Sunshine to Others!”

Wear your favorite team to “Team up for Kindness!”

Wear red to “Spread Love and Kindness to Others!” Wear blue to remind students, “Be Kind, Don’t Make Others Blue!”

Families of preschoolers in the School District of Maple have the opportunity to complete an application for the 2018-19 school year at the Brule Head Start Center, Family Forum, Inc. The Brule Head Start Center has two classrooms that are staffed by fully licensed and trained staff. The morning class consists of a mix of three and four-year-olds. The afternoon is a 4K site for the School District of Maple.

Children between the ages of 3-4 as of September 1, 2018 participate in learning centers five days a week. Homemade nutritious meals and snacks are served family style to teach children table manners, how to set a table and how to clean up afterwards. Personal hygiene is taught by encouraging hand washing before and after meals and bathroom breaks, and tooth brushing after each meal.

Fully equipped buses provide transportation with five point safety seats for each child. Brule Head Start provides door-to-door transportation to and from a child's home or childcare setting. Early Head Start home-based learning is also available to prenatal women and families with chil-dren up to 3 years of age. A highly trained home visitor comes to your home for one and a half hours per week offering family support.

Interested families should call the Brule Head Start at 715-372-8060 or Family Forum's main office at 1-800-392-4473.

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They bring blankets, pillows and their favorite books! The second graders read for an hour and enjoy popcorn made by the PTA volunteers for Popcorn Friday! The students really enjoy this time to practice their reading skills! Sometimes Mr. Gustafson, Principal, even joins in on the fun!

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First graders had a special guest from the Cable Museum who came in and taught them all about bats!

For Martin Luther King Jr. Day the first graders in Mrs. Riordan's class did

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Bus Drivers and Mechanics Honored

School District of Maple bus drivers, mechanics, and sub-stitute, special needs and early childhood drivers were hon-ored during “School Bus Driver/Mechanic Recognition Week.” Breakfast was provided on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Twin Gables. The drivers were recognized for their dedicated service to the School District of Maple throughout the year. The safe transportation of our stu-dents remains our number one priority. A big “thank you” to each of them!

Transportation employees and school board members from the School District of Maple enjoyed a delicious breakfast buffet during “School Bus Driver/Mechanic Recognition Week”.

Bids requested on a new home according to the instructions below:

A new home shell, one story, 24' x 36' with two bedrooms, kitchen, living room, dining room, utility room, and one full bathroom framed in, will be sold to the high bidder over a minimum of $29,500. The house is located at Northwestern High School, Maple, WI. Following are the features of this home:

 I Joist floor framing with LP High Performance Sheathing.  2x6 exterior wall construction.

 Engineered roof truss system with 1’ heel height.  5/8” OSB used on the roof sheathing.

 7/16” OSB used on wall sheathing.  Great Room ceiling is vaulted.

 Pre-finished hewn half log siding from Lake States Lumber.  Aluminum soffits and fascia (Rollex brand).

 High performance insulated Marvin Integrity clad windows, Northern Low E and Argon-Filled, with screens throughout.

 Matching Marvin Ultimate Sliding French door.

 Bayer Built insulated steel entry door, metal clad jambs.

 Roof shingled with Certainteed Landmark 30, 250# asphalt shingles – Hunter Green.

This house is being sold as a shell. The interior of the building is framed in, but wiring, plumbing, finished flooring, sheet rock, insula-tion, etc. has not been completed.

This house is open for inspection every day school is in session, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. prior to May 14, 2018.

A certified check in the amount of ten (10) percent of the bid price and a letter from a financial institution stating that the bidder has been pre-approved for their bid dollar amount must accompany the bid. If, after submitting the bid on the house, the successful bidder decides not to purchase the house, the ten (10) percent bid bond will be forfeited. The house must be paid for in full before removal from the school district premises. Removal must be no later than July 15, 2018. It is recommend-ed that bidders have their plans for site development finalizrecommend-ed prior to submitting a bid.

The Maple School Board reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. All bids must be contained in a sealed envelope marked "House Bid" addressed to the District Administrator, School District of Maple, P.O. BoX 188, Maple, WI 54854.

Northwestern High School Happenings

Food “Experiments” in Mrs. Lahti’s Foods 2 classes.

Students in Small Animal Science testing for water quality in the classroom aquariums.

Thanks to all who came and supported the annu-al NHS Musicannu-al. Our production of Oklahoma! was a big hit! Pictured top are seniors Crystal Taylor (Kate) and Marie Tenney (Virgina). Pic-tured below are juniors Amanda Lumberg (Laurey), Olivia Kalin (Aunt Eller), Grant Goodlet (Ali Hakim) and Lita Lind (Ado Annie).

Students in Mr. Hessel’s 2D Explorations, Drawing, and Painting classes use creative problem-solving skills while producing high quality artworks.

NHS Student Council planning for Snow Week!

Students in Mrs. Vik's Spanish I class are play-ing Chico Chile as they learn a new verb and all its tenses. The students should be able to describe him/herself using a form of the verb SER. Mrs. Pflug and Mrs. Vik are teaching students the 7 high frequency verbs and how to use them in real world conversations!

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Applications For Free And

Reduced Meal Programs

The “Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program” is designed to assist qualifying families to ensure that their children receive a healthy meal at school to better enable them to learn. Funding of several federal pro-grams is based upon the percentage of students who apply and qualify for the free and reduced programs to include: Title 1 (Supplemental Re-medial Reading Program), School-to-Work and the Alcohol and Other Drug Awareness Programs.

Applications are available throughout the school year at each school’s main office and at the district office, located at Northwestern High School and on our website at www.nw-tigers.org. All students who qualify for free or reduced lunch are also entitled to free breakfast at their school.

Nominations for

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Teacher of the Year

Nominations are being accepted for the School District of Maple’s “Support Staff of the Year” and “Teacher of the Year” for 2018 from inter-ested staff and community members.

There are many fine employees who serve children as classroom teachers and in positions other than classroom teaching that are very important to the operation of an effective school district.

If you would like to nominate a teacher or support staff member for consid-eration to receive one of these awards, nomination forms are available on the School District of Maple web page at www.nw-tigers.org or may be picked up in the District Office at Northwestern High School. We thank you for helping us recognize staff members for their contributions to the entire school program. Community nominations are due to the District Office by April 13.

Retired NES teacher Cheech Jauch spends time reading to the students in Mrs. Hansen’s 2nd grade class. Recently she read the book Stone Soup from three different countries. The students then retold the story by acting out a skit written by Mrs. Jauch while they made stone soup. Mrs. Jauch brought the hot soup back the next day to enjoy during their snack time. According to the students, the soup was delicious!

2nd Grade Reading fun! Thank you Mrs. Jauch!

SUMMER SCHOOL PLANS ARE

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Information and registration packets for Summer School 2018 were sent home in your child’s back-pack the week of February 26, 2018.

Courses will be offered for enrichment, fun and learning for students in grades 4K-12. Course op-tions include: Opening a Restaurant, Arts & Crafts, Kindergarten Science Fun!, Project Books!, Science Rocks!, Northwestern Outdoor Explorers, Olympics Adventures, Science and Crafts, Tabletop Games, Where in the World?, Online Enrichment Lab, Re-search Paper, Summer Strength and Conditioning, Fund with Crafts, Foods and Sewing, and College Visit Explorations.

Thank you to our teachers who are willing to host these opportunities for our kids!

Northwestern Middle School

In January, NMS welcomed Mr. Netland from UMD. He is stu-dent teaching with Mr. Hintzman. Here he is working with mem-bers of the 8th grade band.

In Mrs. Kopetzky’s social studies classes students are studying industrialization of the United States during the 1800’s and

1900’s. Topics of study include, but are not limited to, the growth of businesses and cities, Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, and the Spanish- American War.

In Mrs. Anderson’s ELA classes, authors use dystopian litera-ture to critique parts of our own society that they believe are oppressive. ELA 8 students at NMS have been studying dysto-pian literature, with a focus on Lois Lowry’s young adult novel, The Giver.

Science 7 finished up their STEM-based paper roller coasters. We are moving ahead with Newtonian Laws of Motion and preparing for another upcoming project that deals with motion and energy transfer.

In Mr. Buran’s language arts class students learned about biographies.

Mrs. Teal’s 7th grade Ac-celerated Math Class suc-cessfully completed their first Breakout EDU activity!

Be The First To Be Notified!

Information regarding school closing and event cancellations will be posted

to “Remind” before all other media outlets!

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