By Chris SpanglerVolunteers packed more than 53,000 meals to help feed the world’s hungry when they gathered at Fort Atkinson High School on Sunday.Organized by the school’s Interact Club, an offshoot of the Rotary Club, the Kids Against Hunger event featured 163 volunteers packaging 53,138 rice-and-veggie meals that will go...
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Kara Krausse named October Rotary Teacher of the Month
The School District of Fort Atkinson has announced that Kara Krausse has been named October’s Rotary Teacher of the Month. According to information released by the district, Krausse is a fifth-grade teacher at Luther Elementary School. The release noted that Krausse graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with an undergraduate...
UW-Whitewater holds Intergenerational Technology Services grand opening
By Chris Spangler Feel like your grandchildren know more about computers and cellphones than you do? Well, it doesn’t have to be that way. Area adults age 60-plus can receive free technology services through a new program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Intergenerational Technology Services (IGeTS) recently held a grand...
School district releases statement noting 4% salary increase
Editor’s note: The following statement has been released for publication by the School District of Fort Atkinson. The School District of Fort Atkinson held a special board meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 1, to act on the 2023-24 compensation plans for staff members in the district. The district met with the...
School district: ‘property owners to see 12% reduction in mill rate compared to last year’
The School District of Fort Atkinson Board of Education Tuesday approved a reduction in the district’s mill rate for the 2023-24 school year, according to information released Wednesday by the district. Within the release, the district called the decrease in the mill rate “historic,” further noting that it will be...