Around Town
SCHOLARSHIP OFFER: Iola-Scandinavia’s Korz Loken, a 6-foot-5 220-pound sophomore, had a scholarship offer by the Wisconsin Badgers. Loken is a tight end for the Iola-Scandinavia High School football team. – Courtesy Badgerblitz.com
HOME IMPROVEMENT SHOW: The Iola-Scandinavia Chamber will be set up at the March 22-23 Home Improvement Show at the Waupaca Rec Center on School Street. Admission is free.
Job Opportunities
IOLA-SCANDINAVIA SCHOOL DISTRICT: Looking for a front desk early morning person at the I-S Fitness and Aquatic Center. Must be 18, able to get up early, and must pass a background check. Easy shift with paid training time. Responsibilities include opening facility, check-in members & students, light laundry, answer phone, taking payments, and other small tasks as needed. Hours are about 4:45-8 a.m. 3-4 mornings a week but time is a bit flexible. Serious early morning people only. If interested email or call Tim Welch only at 715-445-2411 ext. 1501or welcht@iola.k12.wi.us.
Around the State
TEST SCORES: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction recently lowered proficiency test cut scores, detached our standards from National Assessment of Educational Progress proficiency levels, and modified the tests of students’ ability to read and to do math in ways that render comparisons to previous testing data impossible. Assembly Bill 1 is the Republican bill designed to return Wisconsin’s academic standards to the high levels from which they were lowered by Superintendent Jill Underly and the staff at the DPI. Read the Badger Institute story here.
TEACHER MORALE: How does teacher morale score in the Badger State? Wisconsin was one of the lowest-ranked states in a state-by-state index of teacher morale released by the news outlet Education Week in early March. Read the story about the issue here.
