Wausau School District

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Wausau School District
Wausau School District emblem.jpg
Location
415 Seymour Street
Wausau
, Wisconsin
United States
District information
Type Public
MottoEducating for the future, one child at a time
Established1861;163 years ago (1861)
SuperintendentKeith Hilts
Students and staff
Enrollment8,836
ColorsPurple, White, Gold
Other information
Website wausau.k12.wi.us

The Wausau School District is a public school district serving the Wausau metropolitan area, including the City of Wausau and the Towns of Rib Mountain, Wausau, Stettin, and Texas. It contains two high schools, two middle schools, 13 elementary schools, and one alternative high school. [1]

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Boundary

The Wausau School District is entirely in Marathon County. It includes the majority of Wausau and all of Maine, as well as the census-designated place of Rib Mountain. Towns in the school district include all of Rib Mountain; most of Berlin; and parts of Stettin. [2]

Schools

Elementary schools

Middle schools

Note: Could be changed due to other restrictions of the Wausau School District -Griffin Kleinschmidt

High schools

Schools no longer existing

Demographics

In 1981 there were 160 Hmong students in the Wausau School District. [6] In the 1990s the Wausau School District received an increase of Hmong students, some of whom came from refugee camps and lacked formal education. In 1993 the Wausau School District began moving students, previously assigned to schools based on attendance zone, to a different scheme intended to equalize the ethnic proportions of Hmong and non-Hmong students. However it reverted to its previous scheme in 1994 after a negative reception from area parents. [7]

By 2002, 12% of the Wausau population was Hmong, and 25% of the students at Wausau public schools were Hmong. [6] Patti Kraus, who worked as a secretary for the WSD, stated in 2016 that the ethnic Hmong successfully adapted to American school life. [8]

Proposed Elementary School Merger

On April 23, 2020, the Wausau School District Board of Education proposed closing six elementary schools and shifting middle school students. Specifically, if passed by referendum during the November 3, 2020 general election, the number of elementary schools in the district would be cut in half from 14 to 7. The consolidation would save $2.6 million in recurring expenses and $7.9 million in one-time expenses for the district. [9]

The following elementary schools would be closed under the proposal:

The following elementary schools would remain, but 5th and 6th graders in the district would be moved to the existing John Muir Middle School. 7th and 8th graders will be moved to Horace Mann Middle School.

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References

  1. ↑ "Our Schools". wausauschools.org.
  2. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Marathon County, WI" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 4, 2024. - Text list
  3. ↑ "Wausau School District". Archived from the original on January 23, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Wausau West Warriors - Mission Statement". Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ "History - Franklin Elementary School". Wausau School District. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  6. 1 2 "In Wausau, Hmong at another crossroads", Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2003. Retrieved on March 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ Mentzer, Robert (December 7, 2014). "How Wausau's immigration fears failed to come true". Wausau Daily Herald . Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  8. ↑ Xaykaothao, Doualy (June 3, 2016). "To Be Both Midwestern and Hmong". The Atlantic . Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  9. ↑ Stringer, Megan (April 23, 2020). "Wausau School District considers shutting down six elementary schools, shifting middle-schoolers". USA Today Network. Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved April 26, 2020.

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