Opinion

If you’re a people-watcher, it’s been an amusing last few weeks.

What’s the mechanism in place that would enable “fair comparisons” between schools? What’s the range of avenues for citizens to access school performance data both offline and online? What’s the critical data that would allow citizens to ensure financial and pedagogical accountability?

It has been a difficult year. For 12 months and a few days we’ve watched loved ones die and wondered if we would be next in line. Yes, we could have been informed two months earlier, and vaccine creations and testing could have probably led to earlier vaccinations. However, that ship has sailed.

Our school district has lost 200 students. I would like to know why these families left. Did families leave to find work to put food on the table? Did parents feel the virtual learning models provided by our district were inadequate?

On Tuesday, April 6th, all voters living within the Reedsburg School District can select new members for the Reedsburg School Board. JR Colvin and Sonny Hyde are two such candidates. I know them both personally, and would like to share why I support them.

The headline on Dave Wester's March 11 letter, "Marklein, Republicans are wasting money," is very misleading.

The crocuses bloomed! The cranes were calling! The robins hunted the roadsides. The cardinals sang of good cheer. And then it all went white. It went white, really white when I was on my way home from Rock Springs, having just picked up some homemade coffee ice cream.

Wisconsin dairy farmers were treading water in 2020, kept afloat by direct payments from the federal government. The aid resulted in a sharp decrease in herd exits: 360 dairy farms went out of business in Wisconsin last year compared to 818 closures in 2019. When I read the latest statistic, my first reaction was relief.