Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Well, they were actually sworn in a week earlier, but were given the chance to take their oaths of office publicly at a Board meeting Monday.
Rick Moze encouraged community members to get more involved, and Robert Hansen thanked teachers and educators for being selfless and called them true heroes Moze and Hansen, both of whom ran unopposed in the spring election, were sworn in as the newest Greenfield School Board members at the Board’s meeting Monday. “We have so much to be proud of, but the work isn’t over,” Moze said in front of an audience of a few dozen people. “I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board and superintendent (Lisa) Elliott.” Moze, who has been a Board member for nearly four years, hoped others would take his lead and attend more school-based functions like concerts, football games and performances at the Performing Arts Center. “There’s such a…
He was a unanimous choice by his peers at a Greenfield School Board meeting Monday.
Bruce Bailey, the Greenfield School Board president for several years, was re-elected to that position Monday. Bailey was the only board member nominated for the position and was chosen unanimously. “It’s challenging but maybe this year there won’t be as much turmoil,” Bailey said. Former board president Pam Sierzchulski was re-elected as vice president. Cathy Walsh moved over from clerk to treasurer and newly re-elected Rick Moze is the new clerk.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Greenfield School Board member Rick Moze told legislators at the Joint Finance Committee hearing on Thursday that he worries vouchers are creating inequality in education.
Greenfield School Board member Rick Moze spoke out against vouchers at Thursday's Joint Fincance Comittee budget hearing in Greendale. The hearing was the first of four being held around the state to give residents the chance to have their say on Gov. Scott Walker’s 2013-15 budget. After the hearings, the committee will vote on any changes before sending their version on to the Assembly and Senate. “I don’t think there’s any program in the state – outside of the school voucher program – that has no regulations and no accountability,” Moze said. “The public school teachers and administrators all have to have licenses and there are other mandates and rules that we have to follow being a public school system. The voucher schools do not have …
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Incumbent Rick Moze and Robert Hansen are the only two candidates on the ballot for the Greenfield School Board. The election is April 2.
Barring an unexpected write-in candidate emerging in the next week, Robert Hansen, a regular attendee at Greenfield School Board and Common Council meetings, will join the Greenfield School Board in April. Hansen is one of only two candidates vying for two seats in the April 2 spring election. The other is incumbent Rick Moze. Don Carlson is not running for re-election. Here’s your chance to get to know your candidates better before hitting the polls April 2: Age: 36 Family: Engaged, single father of a daughter attending elementary school in the district. Occupation: Quality Control Technician at Lou's Auto Body - Carstar Education: Graduated high school from Escanaba Sr. High, Majored in English at Bay De Noc Community College, Kalamazoo …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
But no campaign will be necessary as only two candidates, including incumbent Rick Moze, declared their candidacy for the two available seats.
Incumbent Rick Moze and political activist Robert Hansen were the only two residents to throw their names into the Greenfield School Board race this spring. And the two available seats are theirs. Moze was elected to the board in 2009 but lost a re-election bid in April 2012. He returned to the board in August, however, when board members voted him in to replace Dave Richlen. Hansen is the co-chair of the Progressive Democrats of America in Milwaukee County. The deadline to file for candidacy was 5 p.m. Jan. 2. Incumbent Don Carlson, a former city alderman, decided not to run last month. Carlson was the top vote-getter in the 2010 race and served one term with the board. The term of office is three years beginning on April 22. Annual …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Carlson will finish his only term on the board in April.
Former city alderman Don Carlson will not run for a second term as a member on the Greenfield School Board in April. Carlson, an active community member who attends countless school and community activities, filed his non-candidacy papers this week. "I will continue to serve the students and taxpayers of the Greenfield School District for the next four months and plan to remain actively involved in the community — city and school district — for many years to come," Carlson wrote in an email to Greenfield Patch on Thursday. Carlson's seat is one of two that will be available in April. Rick Moze, who was reappointed to the board this summer, is also up for re-election. He has not yet decided whether or not to run again. No other candidates …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Even after a representative from the construction company explained why the stand cost $68,000, some board members feel the district did not get enough for its money.
The senior vice president of the construction company that built Greenfield High School, assured the Greenfield School Board it got its money’s worth during the project, even when the company erected an expensive concession stand. Dan Davis of CG Schmidt also told board members Monday a $68,000 price tag on a 12-foot-by-16-foot concession stand near the high school baseball field was a result of looking beyond short-term objectives. “We looked at the concession stand as phase one of a larger project,” Davis said. Davis said the original plan called for storage space and possibly locker rooms at the location, and that adding toilets is something that’s always been in the works. He added that the concession stand as it is now is more of a …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Some members of the Greenfield School Board want to change the high school start times, a year and a half after the administration's latest proposal was shot down
In an effort to address the Greenfield School District's on-again, off-again hot topic of school start times without experiencing a significant fiscal impact, district administrators are looking outside the box. Mostly because their inside-the-box ideas have not gained the majority of the School Board’s approval. Nearly a year and a half after the Greenfield School Board voted down a proposal to change Greenfield High School's start times from 7:10 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. or later because of concerns of additional busing costs, administrators offered a few new ideas Monday. The ideas, all in the early stages of development, revolve around the school’s tardiness problem. In 2007-08, when the GHS start time changed from 7:15 a.m. to 7:10 a.m., the…
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Two seats on the Greenfield and Whitnall school boards will be available in the April 2013 election. And Mayor Michael Neitzke's second term also expires.
Updated: 9 a.m. Dec. 13 As of Wednesday, Dec. 12, no candidates for the two vacant seats on both the Greenfield School Board or Whitnall School Board had emerged, according to employees in each district. According to Greenfield NOW story, Greenfield board incumbents Rick Moze and Don Carlson and Whitnall board incumbents Richard Kollauf and Stephanie Richter were all undecided about running again. Candidates have until 5 p.m. Jan. 2, to enter the race. For the latest news in either district, click on the following links: Original story: Think the election cycle is finally in the past? Maybe not. The April 2013 spring election is a little more than four months away, with a primary, if necessary, already in February. And while that still …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
A concession stand with a price tag of nearly $70,000 has some board members wondering if the money is being well spent.
Of all the projects completed with the $37.8 million in referendum money approved back in 2007, perhaps none has undergone more scrutiny than a 12-by-12-foot concession stand erected on the north side of Greenfield High School. Some Greenfield School Board members want to know why it cost so much to build, and was there an opportunity to save money. The concession stand came with a $68,000 price tag, roughly half of which was funded by referendum money and the other half through the district’s buildings and grounds budget. Three months ago, board member Cathy Walsh asked that the board be provided with details on how referendum money has been spent, and what the remaining funds will be spent on. At that time, she said she was embarrassed …
JD
7:23 pm on Monday, April 8, 2013
Teachers bring up their masters for pay considerations. Anyone gets their masters to get paid more and they deserve it. Yet all of these bad charters and voucher schools still exist. You haven't given any legitimate reason NOT to have accountability. You are going to continually come up with faulty logic. I've given reasons ad evidence for accountability, you have given anecdotes and red herrings… more ›