K-12 schools

• Bill closing loophole in strip search law goes to governor; Suring High School searches led to legislation
• Green Bay diocese schools ban use of pronouns, clothing, bathrooms that don’t conform to sex assigned at birth
• ‘A classroom without walls’: Green Bay Online School to include sixth grade in the fall
• She’s no stranger to the halls of Preble. Soon she’ll be principal. Our exclusive interview with Courtney Kuehn.
• ‘We have to start early’: Green Bay school district finds new way to empower younger students of color and celebrate their cultures
• Green Bay elementary school music specialist to compete on ‘Jeopardy!’
• Green Bay school district survey seeks public input on playground, athletic field upgrades for possible November referendum
• ‘Here, I’m safe. Putin is not going to explode any bomb in De Pere.’ Hear how one De Pere High student and others discuss the war.
• More West De Pere parents want a say if their child reads ‘The Kite Runner’ or ‘This Book is Gay’ in class. What’s prompting the change?
• Suring superintendent Kelly Casper placed on paid administrative leave following strip searches
• ‘We are hoping to see her fired or put on leave’: Reaction to Suring superintendent charged with 6 counts of false imprisonment
• ‘We’re not done by a long shot.’ Moms express anger on Suring High strip searches as DA, sheriff conflict
• Green Bay school board votes to lift mask mandate for staff and students at the end of February
• Green Bay schools only district with a mask mandate in Brown County
• So you can dance? With addition of this class, East High’s Fine Arts Institute meets program’s curriculum goals
• Howe’s ‘Mr. Chang’ aims to be a positive role model for all students after his own education lacked teachers of color
• De Pere School Board begins interviewing candidates to replace superintendent who served 20 years
• Brown County school districts have a drop in participation, scores in the first standardized tests since the start of the COVID pandemic
• The Green Bay School District is proposing to use $12.5 million of federal, state COVID emergency relief funds in next year’s budget

Higher education

• Starz Barber & Beauty bringing barbershop community to two Green Bay college campuses
• UW-Green Bay’s Kwanzaa celebration highlights how to support Black-owned businesses
• How a 2017 St. Norbert College graduate became a Pulitzer Prize finalist for COVID-19 reporting
• For freshman students of color at UW-Green Bay, peers who’ve been there are helping them succeed in college