Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
North High School leaders presented a multi‑year continuous‑improvement plan focused on lesson clarity, teacher coaching and tiered supports; presenters said classroom walkthroughs show roughly 90% implementation of core practices and preliminary assessment and attendance data indicate gains.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
The board approved OE‑9 (budget and financial planning) and OE‑10 (audit/reporting) after presentations from business services on insurance costs, a $6M temporary draw, special‑education aid projections and the district’s migration to cumulative reporting. Members debated moving OE‑10 to the consent agenda if compliance remains consistent.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
The board reviewed 12 WASB delegate resolutions, discussed four in detail (including a resolution one member called 'racist'), and instructed its WASB delegate to vote no on resolution 2 and resolution 10 and yes on resolution 11; the chair will report back from the WASB assembly.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
During public forum, parents urged the Eau Claire Area School Board to encourage classroom use of The Rainbow Flag to support LGBTQIA+ students and questioned why 70 referendum-funded seats at Putnam Heights were reassigned to the Bridges program, saying documentation still lists those seats as available.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
Parents used the board’s public forum to urge preservation of Prairie Ridge early learning services, question district plans for standards-based grading implementation, and oppose removal of a children’s book addressing LGBTQ+ topics.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
The Eau Claire Area Board of Education approved the R2 academic performance monitoring report after presentations showing districtwide gains in ELA, math and social studies, while acknowledging persistent achievement gaps for students with disabilities and multilingual learners and a stall in science outcomes.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
The Eau Claire Area Board of Education voted unanimously to approve its annual health insurance renewal, raising the stop-loss threshold to $250,000 per event, implementing a mail-order specialty-drug requirement, and setting employee premium increases to begin July 1; the administration cited high claims and exception processes through the third-party administrator.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
After a presentation on a string of high stop-loss claims and specialty drug costs, the Eau Claire Area Board of Education approved an insurance renewal and set employee premium increases to begin July 1, voting unanimously among members present.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
District leaders told the school board they plan to implement standards-based grading in middle and high schools in 2026–27, citing multi-year curriculum work, teacher task forces and a new student information system to support the change.
Wisconsin / School Districts / Eau Claire Area School District
Trustees approved the OE‑4 monitoring report as amended after a prolonged discussion about SRO contacts and racial and special‑education disparities; the board changed OE‑4.4 to 'in compliance with exception' and asked administration for additional intersectional data.