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THANK YOU SPONSORS! PLATINUM GOLD SILVER BRONZE THE STATE EDUCATION CONVENTION GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THESE SPONSORS AND APPLAUDS THEIR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION EXHIBITED BY THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT. CONTINUING OUR March 2021 | Volume 75 Number 7 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, INC. JOURNEY John H. Ashley Executive Editor Sheri Krause Editor Director of Communications n REGIONAL OFFICES n 122 W. Washington Avenue Madison, WI 53703 Phone: 608-257-2622 Fax: 608-257-8386 132 W. Main Street Winneconne, WI 54986 Phone: 920-582-4443 Fax: 920-582-9951 n ADVERTISING n 608-556-9009 • [email protected] n WASB OFFICERS n John H. Ashley Executive Director Sue Todey Sevastopol, Region 3 President Chloe Backlund Osceola School District Barbara Herzog Oshkosh, Region 7 1st Vice President SPECIAL 2021 CONVENTION REVIEW ISSUE Rosanne Hahn Burlington, Region 13 3 Viewpoint — Extending Your Convention Learning Experience 2nd Vice President Bill Yingst, Sr. 4 Continuing Our Journey — A recap of the Virtual Convention 2021 Durand-Arkansaw, Region 4 6 Donald Driver: Driven — Keynote: Donald Driver Immediate Past President 8 Taking the Helm — Keynote: Anna Maria Chávez n WASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS n 10 State Superintendent’s Address — Carolyn Stanford Taylor Linda Flottum Bill Wipperfurth 11 Governor’s Address — Tony Evers Turtle Lake, Region 1 Lodi, Region 10 Capt. Terry McCloskey, Brett Hyde 12 Equity in Education — Session Recap USN Retired Muskego-Norway, 16 Technology: How the Pandemic Changed Our Method of Educating Three Lakes, Region 2 Region 11 — Session Recap Jim Bouché Tom Weber Wausau, Region 5 Sun Prairie, Region 12 20 Upstream Thinking — Reprinted with permission from AASA, Mary Jo Rozmenoski Tony Baez The School Superintendents Association Black River Falls, Region 6 Milwaukee, Region 14 24 Performance Services — Advertorial: Integrated Design and Construction Andrew Maertz Cherie Rhodes Reedsville, Region 8 Slinger, Region 15 for Southwestern Wisconsin School District Mike Humke 26 Association News — Upcoming webinars, NSBA Virtual Convention, Dodgeville, Region 9 WASB Director of Policy Services Nancy Dorman retires, Wisconsin School News (USPS 688-560) WASB 2021 President Sue Todey is published 10 issues per year by the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, Inc., 28 Capitol Watch — Governor Evers Proposes Strong School Funding Budget 122 W. Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703. Contents © 2021 Wisconsin Association of School 30 Legal Comment — Recent Legal Developments Regarding Boards, Inc. Subscriptions are available to nonmembers for $85 per year. Periodicals postage is paid at Transgender Students and Employees Madison, Wis., and other additional entry offices. The views expressed in Wisconsin School News are 33 Service Associates those of the authors and do not necessarily represent WASB policies or positions. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Wisconsin School News, 122 W. Washington Ave., CONVENTION ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE were written by Dan Linehan, Brock Fritz and Anne Davis. Madison, WI 53703. NEWS BRIEFS Wisconsin Sees Drop in High School School Safety Seniors Seeking Financial Aid Threat Center Offers he number of Wisconsin high classes, then engaged with a school Training, Grants school seniors who have completed counselor, then engaged with the T the Free Application for Federal idea of going to college, then Student Aid, or FAFSA, is down 13% engaged with submitting college he Speak Up, Speak Out from the same time last year. applications and then engaged with Resource Center, launched This decline in filings for federal FAFSA,” Keller said. “If you envi- T by the Wisconsin Department of financial aid is thought to be driven sion all of those sequences, in many Justice in September, is offering in part by the difficulties of engaging cases all of them having to occur grants to promote its work to com- students in virtual formats. virtually, the engagement level is munities and provide training on its MorraLee Keller, the National really difficult. How many hours a threat reporting system. College Attainment Network’s day can a student be engaged with The resource center is a compre- director of technical assistance, told their screen?” hensive, one-stop place to turn for the Wisconsin State Journal about The decline in FAFSA applica- the difficulties of shepherding stu- tions is higher at schools serving a school safety concerns. Students, dents into college. larger number of low-income stu- parents, staff and community “They have to get you engaged in dents and students of color. N members can submit a school safety concern or threat via the Speak Up, Speak Out website, mobile phone STAT OF THE MONTH application or toll-free number. According to U.S. Secret Service analysis of targeted school violence, prior to most incidents, other people knew about the attacker’s idea and/ – 13% or plan to attack. The resource center provides a place to report and Rate of reduction of 2020-21 Wisconsin high school students respond to these concerns through who have completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). 24/7 threat reporting system, threat Source: studentaid.gov assessment consultation, critical incident response and general school safety guidance. Since its launch, the center has Top Wisconsin Youth Volunteers of 2021 Named received more than 1,000 tips and va Pinnow, 10, of Racine and club at her school in 2018 to raise helped to check the mental health Daphne Wu, 17, of Middleton awareness of environmental issues and welfare of multiple students. Awere named Wisconsin’s top two and solutions, and to undertake Schools that use the resource youth volunteers of 2021 in February projects to recycle materials that otherwise end up in landfills. center will have access to $500 in by the Prudential Spirit of Community The Wisconsin distinguished funding to purchase materials to Awards, a nationwide program hon- oring young people for outstanding finalists included: promote Speak Up, Speak Out to acts of volunteerism. Emily Henley, Whitefish Bay students and communities. The b Pinnow, a fifth-grader at West resource center has scheduled a b Wyatt Kauth, Oostburg Ridge Elementary in the Racine series of train-the-trainer webinars in Unified School District, makes cards b Zadan Mason, River Hills March to review curriculum for ele- and crafts, writes letters and draws b Sara Mayer, Weston mentary, middle and high school pictures for senior citizens living in b Liberty Mugerauer, Oshkosh students. N nursing and retirement homes to let b Anoushka Prasad, Muskego To learn more, visit them know they have not been for- speakup.widoj.gov or email gotten during the isolation of the Visit www.spirit.prudential.com [email protected] COVID-pandemic. to learn more about these students Wu, a junior at Middleton High with questions. and their remarkable service to their School, started an environmental communities. N Connect with the WASB! Twitter @wasbwi Facebook facebook.com/WISchoolBoards 2 | WISCONSIN SCHOOL NEWS VIEWPOINT JOHN H. A SHLEY Extending Your Convention Learning Experience ith another State Education achievement, equity, school finance, cates possible for your students and Convention successfully behind facilities and much more. The record- your schools. See the Capitol Watch W us, our focused has turned to ings will be available throughout 2021. on page 28 for more information. the year ahead — helping you navi- We want to keep challenging you Later this month, our team of gate the biennial state budget to think about approaching ideas consultants will lead an online dis- process, ongoing funding challenges, from a new perspective. So, we cussion forum to reflect on lessons equity disparities and a never-ending paired the convention summary in learned during the past school year. list of other issues. Not the least of this issue with a recent interview Learn more about this event and which is redefining the new normal that was printed in the national others on page 27. for public education as we recover School Administrator magazine with In April, we’ll begin working on from the pandemic. Fall Creek, Wis., Superintendent Joe training for newly elected school As it is every year, the goal of the Sanfelippo and author Dan Heath. board members and in May, we’ll be convention is to encourage and They discuss Heath’s recent book, rolling out new training specifically inspire school board members and “Upstream,” about the quest to for board officers that will be avail- administrators to tackle the chal- solve problems at their source. able to full boards. lenges facing their districts with new As we turn our attention now This summer, we’ll be building on ideas and creative approaches. This to continuing to fully re-open our our recent Title IX training by hosting year, even though we were virtual, schools and adapting the lessons an online series with the law firm the focus remained the same. learned from this past year, we’ll be Boardman & Clark featuring various In this issue of the Wisconsin well served to push ourselves to be aspects of civil rights issues that impact School News, we look back at our open to new ideas and new perspec- students and staff. Watch your email unconventional centennial State tives. Particularly, as we reflect on Education Convention in January. recent events and the clarion call for inbox and the WASB website for more The overall feedback was very our schools to be fully inclusive. information about these and other positive. Members were able to learn, In the coming months, we’ll host upcoming training opportunities. ask questions and meet new people a series of online trainings covering a We are making plans to return to — all online. With time and distance wide range of topics that we hope will in-person events, and I look forward no longer a barrier, it was the first engage and enlighten you in this work.