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With new grant, Portage schools hopes to put mental health experts right beside classrooms The Portage Community School District plans to create an in-house clinic offering mental health support to students at school. A new grant will help the district provide a centralized location, quick access and an open door to students who need help finding treatment. Grafton School District allows Marine Corps graduate to walk in uniform GRAFTON, Wis. — Peyton Wissmueller has worn pads and helmets under Friday night lights, and now he’ll wear the dress blues of the U.S. Marine Corps under the spotlight of graduation. The Grafton High School senior — a state football champion — graduated early after completing his coursework in just three and a half years. He used that time to enlist in the Marine Corps and leave for boot camp, finishing basic training last month. Badger Bank, Cambridge Athletic Booster Club celebrate new softball scoreboard Badger Bank and the Cambridge Athletic Booster Club celebrated the new softball scoreboard located at the Cambridge High School. Badger Bank and Cambridge Athletic Booster Club generous donation and support toward this project for the new softball scoreboard. The Cambridge School District truly appreciates this collaboration and partnership in supporting Cambridge athletics. Board holds organizational meeting The School Board of Fennimore Community Schools held their annual organizational meeting, as well as regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 20. The meeting was also the last board meeting before the end of the 2025-26 school year. During the organizational portion of the meeting, the board held elections for board positions and designations. Teachers union calls for tougher tech rules in Wisconsin classrooms Public-education advocates are calling on Wisconsin schools to place stronger limits on screens and artificial intelligence amid concerns about excessive technology use among children. Almost half of 11-year-olds have cellphones, and four in 10 teens report they are online almost constantly. Beloit schools part of lawsuit seeking to change school funding A Madison-based nonprofit law firm formed in 2020 to advance voting rights and fair elections has turned its sights on what it feels is Wisconsin’s inadequate funding of public schools — and the School District of Beloit is one of the plaintiffs.
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