Good morning, Whitewater
In the City of Whitewater today, there are three municipal public meetings scheduled.
At 3:30 p.m, the Whitewater-University Tech Park Board will meet. At 6 p.m., there will be a Planning Commission meeting. later, at 7 p.m., the Irvin Young Library Board will meet.
In our public school district this morning, there’s a Special Meeting (part of which being in closed session), with the following agenda –
Call to Order and Roll Call
Personnel Report (Action Item)
Employment
Resignation
Leave of Absence
Rescind Layoff Notice for 5th Grade Band Teacher
School Board Travel and Overnight Accommodations
Update with New District Administrator
Executive Session: Adjourn to Executive Session, not to reconvene, pursuant to $19.85(1)(c), Wisconsin Statutes, to consider the retirement request of a specific employee.
Adjourn
There’s also an announcement on the home page of the Whitewater Unified School District website, about the band program. It reads as follows:
5th Grade Band Reinstated for 2009-10
Dr. Steinhaus announced that 5th grade band, which the district had eliminated for 2009-10 due to the Governor’s proposed budget cuts, has been reinstated for the 2009-10 school year.
It’s good that the band program is back. One should keep in mind that it wasn’t Governor Doyle who decided which program to cut — it’s not as though proposed budget cuts in Madison included a mandate to eliminate part of a band program!
It’s our own district that made this choice, out of many possible ones.
Pretending otherwise is just blame-shifting to avoid responsibility for actions taken locally, in Whitewater, not Madison.
By the way — Lakeview School — Dr. Steinhaus is almost out the door, so your school’s probably safe. A few weeks and you’ll be able to breathe easy.
| Almanac | ||
|---|---|---|
| Monday, June 15, 2009 | Sunrise | Sunset |
| Official Time | 05:15 AM | 08:35 PM |
| Civil Twilight | 04:40 AM | 09:10 PM |
| Tomorrow | 05:15 AM | 08:35 PM |
| Tomorrow will be: | roughly the same as today | |
| Amount of sunlight: | 15h 20m | |
| Amount of daylight: | 16h 30m | |
| Moon phase: | Third Quarter | |