The Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety has released its Comprehensive School Security Framework, which provides schools with a collection of safety best-practices. Private schools are not mandated or required to use the guide nor follow its advice. However, principal’s may want to review the guide and identify information that fits their school’s [...]
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Legislature Schedules Roadshow on Gov’s Proposed Budget
March 28, 2019
The State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance will hold four public hearings on the Governor’s 2019-21 proposed Biennial Budget (Assembly Bill 56/Senate Bill 59). While the legislature has signaled it will not pass the Governor’s budget nor work off of many of its base numbers, Legislators are taking input from the public on the proposal. [...]
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Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week
March 25, 2019
Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week starts April 8 and goes through April 12. During this week, the National Weather Service (NWS) will host a mock Tornado drill. The drill will begin with a tornado watch issued at 1 pm on Thursday, April 11. Next, the NWS will issue a tornado warning at 1:45 pm. [...]
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Inviting Legislators to Your School: A How-To Guide
March 13, 2019
If you haven’t already, consider inviting your local legislators to visit your school. It helps them understand how private K-12 schools contribute to the state’s educational infrastructure. Then, when efforts to regulate private K-12 schools come along, they are more likely to consider the impact through the lens of a real school in their district. [...]
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A Busy Day for Parental Choice in Education
February 28, 2019
When Gov. Evers announces his state budget proposal tonight, which includes a freeze on enrollment in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Programs, he will be greeted at the Capitol by a throng of students and parents from around the state rallying to show support for educational freedom. It’s just the beginning of Choice supporters’ efforts to [...]
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Announcing the 2019 Kohl Award Winners
February 27, 2019
The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation has announced the 46 private school winners of $496,000 in Principal, Teacher and Student awards to WCRIS schools. These winners were selected from a competitive field of applicants from across the state and represent the best and brightest in private K-12 schools. Fourteen Teacher Fellowship award recipients each receive $6,000 [...]
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Gov. Evers Reveals Budget Proposals on Choice
February 25, 2019
The Governor is scheduled to issue his proposed 2019-21 state budget Thursday. In the last few weeks, Gov. Evers has told the state’s media he won’t phase out the Choice program. But, he revealed in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story today how he plans to control the Choice programs. This has prompted many questions from [...]
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WCRIS Advocates for Digital/Virtual Instruction
February 21, 2019
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has interceded on WCRIS’ behalf to press the DPI to reconsider its’ ruling that schools in a Parental Choice Program can not use digital/virtual instruction to meet their hours of instruction requirements. In a February 21 letter to DPI Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor, WILL asked the agency [...]
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You Can’t Control the Weather, But You Can Control the Spread of Disease
February 14, 2019
Several states are experiencing large outbreaks of the measles virus, in areas that are considered unvaccinated “hotspots.” The measles was considered eliminated in the US a decade ago but have since seen a rise in outbreaks over the last few years from a national increase in state exemptions for meeting vaccine requirements, according to the [...]
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Sitting is the New Smoking
February 07, 2019
The Wisconsin Healthy Schools Challenge is providing free, nutrition education classroom kits to the first 300 schools who register to participate in the new grant opportunity supported by Children’s Hospital Hospital. The kits include resources and tools to support school-wide nutrition education. When you register you “choose your challenge” and over the next few months [...]
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