Area: Sevastopol
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When things are sailing along smoothly, when there’s a proven solution to a problem, there is really no need to change direction, or reinvent the wheel. But when things aren’t working, when things go wrong, the only way to solve the problem, the only responsible thing to do is to examine what’s gone wrong. For […]
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Municipal Meetings: Aug. 19 – 26
DOOR COUNTY City of Sturgeon Bay: The Parks and Recreation Committee meets at 7 pm on Aug. 24. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board meets at 3:30 pm on Aug. 25. County of Door: The county board meets at 9 am on Aug. 23. The board of Adjustment meets at 6:30 pm on Aug. 23. […]
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Door County Schools Receive Additional State Funding
Small rural districts across the state will share $17.7 million in sparsity aid for general school operations, which will be paid on the third Monday in September. For the 2016-17 school year, 141 districts qualified for sparsity aid based on enrollments of 745 or fewer students and membership of less than 10 pupils per square […]
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Bring Stability Back to Sevastopol
We are all parents of current Sevastopol students. Some of us are Sevastopol alumni. Watching all the negative press about Sevastopol has been painful for us. For many years we enjoyed a very peaceful existence in our district, where mutual respect amongst staff and students prevailed. Our students excelled inside and outside of the classroom. […]
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You Can Choose to Be Better or Bitter
On August 23 a recall election will take place for the Sevastopol Board of Education. I am not a voter in the district but I am a recently retired Sevastopol teacher, and served on the Manawa Board of Education for 15 years, prior to moving to Door County. It is with 42 years of experience […]
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In the Peninsula Pulse on August 5, 2016, Sevastopol Board President [Sue Todey] said that “it’s time to get over the drama and refocus on educating children.” Later in the same article she says, “People were fearful. They still are. They see the battering some of us have taken at board meetings and they have […]
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We want you, the community, to understand our motivation for taking the challenge to run for seats on the Sevastopol School Board. We want to be a part of our Sevastopol community healing process and reunite the district to focus on ensuring that every Sevastopol student is well equipped and prepared to excel in school […]
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Sevastopol Principal Donaldson Speaks Before Recall
If you look at student achievement, Sevastopol School seems to be firing on all cylinders. The State of Wisconsin ranked Sevastopol High School the 17th best high school in the entire state. Newsweek recognized Sevastopol as one of the top 500 schools in the nation. The U.S. Dept. of Education recognized the middle and high […]
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These comments concerning the upcoming Aug. 23 Sevastopol School District Board recall election are written from my perspective as a taxpayer. After evaluating recent decisions made by board members Todey and Behme, I have concluded that they have been poor stewards of my tax dollars. Although they seem to be well-meaning public servants, they need […]
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Letter to the Editor: Do Not Reward Petulance
The Sevastopol School opposition group invoked the name of Sen. Robert La Follette Sr. to justify their school board recall efforts. However the group muddled La Follette’s purpose for a recall election. La Follette advocated for recall elections to reduce governmental corruption resulting from corporate and/or special interest money in statewide politics, not for local […]
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Commentary: Reasons the Sevastopol Recall is Needed
Attempts to reach the two candidates opposing the incumbents were unsuccessful. In lieu of that, we provide an excerpt from the Sevastopol Parents & Community United Facebook page: The Sevastopol School Board is currently deeply divided. …A board so deeply divided is the most important reason for the recall. We have hit the dreaded stage […]
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Sevastopol Pay It Forward! Challenge
Sevastopol Education Foundation’s Pay It Forward! Fundraising Challenge will begin in August and culminate at the Sevastopol Homecoming Football Game on Oct. 7. Pay It Forward! has three prongs: an Alumni Challenge, a Student Challenge and a Community Challenge. For the Alumni Challenge, Sevastopol alum can perform an act of kindness for your alma mater […]
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Behme, Todey Speak Before Sevastopol School Recall Election
Section 12 of Article XIII of the Wisconsin Constitution allows for “qualified electors of the state” to demand the recall of any incumbent elective officer in the state, without offering any justification for the recall. Get enough signatures, and you can have a recall. The case of the Aug. 23 recall election of Sevastopol School […]
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John ‘Jack’ Weber, 59, of Sturgeon Bay, Town of Sevastopol, died July 30, 2016 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay after a short and courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 22, 1956 in Sturgeon Bay, the youngest of nine children to the farming family of Arthur and Theresa (Neuchter) Weber. Jack graduated from Sevastopol […]
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Steve Cromell Appointed Sevastopol Interim Superintendent
The Sevastopol Board of Education is pleased to announce the employment of Steve Cromell as interim superintendent for the Sevastopol School District. Cromell had been the district administrator in Sevastopol from 2007-2012. He has served as an elementary, middle and high school principal, as well as special education director, business manager and transportation director in […]
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Sevastopol Kicks Off Summer School
Students recently made their way back to the hallways of Sevastopol Schools. The School District of Sevastopol began its summer school program on Monday, July 11. The session lasts for three weeks, running Monday through Thursday until July 28. Nearly 100 students ranging from four-year-old kindergarten through high school had the opportunity to work […]
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Sevastopol School Board President, VP Recall Moves Forward
The signatures on the petitions to recall Sevastopol School Board President Sue Todey and Vice President Bill Behme were confirmed on July 18. That means a recall election will be held Aug. 23. Todey, who serves as president of the school board, announced last week that Sevastopol School District Superintendent Linda Underwood tendered her resignation. […]
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Sevastopol Schools Hire New Principal
The Sevastopol School Board last week approved the hiring of Kathy Hoppe as its new elementary school principal and director of special education. Hoppe had been serving as director of instruction and assistant superintendent in the Waterford, Wis., school district. Before that she served the Howard-Suamico School District for 24 years as special education teacher, […]
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Letter to the Editor: We’re Committed to Sevastopol
The Sevastopol School Board has been dealing with complicated personnel issues involving multiple staff members. These issues required legal counsel to insure employees’ rights and district’s rights were protected. As reported in the July 2, 2016 Advocate, there is an agreement in place limiting what can be disclosed about these matters. Sue Todey and I […]
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Letter to the Editor: Confidentiality Required By Law
For the past 10-plus years, I have had the privilege of giving my time, talent and resources to the Sevastopol School community as a member of the school board. At this time my fellow board member Bill Behme and I are faced with the possibility of a recall. Therefore, I find it necessary to share […]