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Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Green Bay Press-Gazette www.greenbaypressgazette.com The plan istrictPlan doesn't please all New high school boundaries The Green Bay School Board on Monday approved a plan for a fifth district high school and related redistricting to accommodate east-side growth. The plan: Calls for a school to be constructed on 77 acres of district-owned land between Grandview and Erie roads. The school would start out with grades 6-12 and eventually become solely a high school. The changes SCOTT Proposed new school Green Bay Preble High School I Bay i I fci i '4 Church Rd, LuxemDurgHa.Jt..wKjl cj Finger Rd HUMBOLDT LiL I Eaton Rd. 1 Press-Gazette I tlx I 0C rrp lt From A-1 created an island.

That's what it looks like for me." Other district parents said the plan, while not ideal, was better than the original recommendations presented by the East Side Task Force. "It's better than it was," said Jim Allen of Bellevue as he left Monday's meeting. "I still have a lot of concerns about close proximity. It's (also) the type of traffic." Although Allen's children may not be affected by the plan an older child will graduate before the new school opens and his younger child might attend he's still concerned about the accuracy of growth projections, he said. Allen suggested the board phase in redistricting based on what happens with growth on the district's east side.

Although board members overall spoke highly of the plan, some questions hovered when the meeting wrapped up Monday. Some Bellevue and Ledgeview residents would be grandfathered into a new school, but under Nerad's recommendations would have had to pay their own transportation costs for attending the new school. Some board members questioned the wisdom of making grandfathered families pay for transportation, while some board members and Nerad maintained it would be best to keep that provision as is. Under current intra-district open enrollment guidelines, families have to pay their transportation costs in such situations. In the end, board members amended their motion, striking references to transportation costs and deciding to bring them up at a later date.

The timing of a referendum for building a new high school remains up in the air, and board member Andrew Becker said Monday the district can't afford to wait until 2009-10 to get a new school built and operational. The new school is scheduled to open in either the Humboldt Rd. 4 GREEN BAY Ma Mason St. 35 cc 3 V.i 5- a BELLEVUE 5-, i Green Bay East High School High school boundaries Preble East New a. X-' 1 Scource: Green Bay School District 2008-09 school year or 2009-10.

And although board members agreed the plan was certain to leave some people unhappy, they also said it was time to move forward. Board member Mike Blecha recalled similarly controversial district issues from decades gone by. "In the end, students are a lot more adaptable than their parents are," he said. "I'm ready to support the plan and I hope the community I i Green 4 'is 4: 1 7 lb' Willnwfid Green Bay School District Superintendent Daniel Nerad suggested the following modifications to the East Side Task Force plan after three community forums. School Board members passed the recommendations Monday: Town of Eaton residents will be included in the new school attendance area, rather than the Washington MiddleEast High area.

The area of Bellevue east of Cottage Road to the town of Eaton border will remain in the WashingtonEast area. However, current resident families can be grandfathered into the new school attendance area if they wish Drawing the boundaries Task Force members formed their boundary recommendations around the following objectives. Recommended changes passed Monday night also were made keeping the objectives in mind: Minimize split attendance areas of feeder elementary schools. The old district map created seven splits; the new plan creates two more. Provide for a growth area within each high school attendance area.

Provide geographic logic to each boundary area. Ensure a socioeconomic balance of students at each high school. al student talent. She's also just fun to be with, her friends say "Everybody likes her. She gets along with everybody," said Hillegas, who dated Halbach throughout high school and into their early college years.

She played volleyball in high school, and up until recently was coaching the sport at a grade school in Sherwood, near her residence in St. John, Hillegas said. Wygralak last saw her at a Halloween party Oct. 21, which Halbach attended dressed as a cowgirl, and she planned to see her Saturday when the two were to throw a surprise party for two friends in Green Bay Instead, Wygralak spent the day helping friends search for some sign of Halbach. "Not a fun day," she said.

"Not an easy one," In the end, students are a lot more adaptable than their parents are. I'm ready to support the plan and I hope the community does, too. Mike Blecha, Green Bay School Board member Establishes new attendance areas for the district (see map). Uses four specific objectives to determine attendance areas (see below). Projects an average annual student increase of 354 students on the district's east side.

Plans for the new school to open in either the 2008-09 or 2009-10 academic year. The area of Ledgeview assigned to the WashingtonEast attendance area also will remain there, but with the option of being grandfathered into the new school attendance area. The Wandering SpringsWilder Street area will be reassigned to the EdisonPreble attendance area, instead of the new school. The current site for the new school should remain. Specific referendum recommendations including a timeline to build a fifth district high school will be presented to the School Board this month or in December.

What's next The district will convene a committee to develop the new school design, size and cost. Officials will interview and hire an architectural firm to help determine the design and cost of a new building. District officials will continue to work on front-end referendum planning to fund a fifth district high school. No referendum date has been set. Officials will come up with a short-term plan for schools facing overcrowding issues.

District staff will continue to monitor enrollments and formulate a plan for east-side elementary school growth. The district will continue to look for an additional school site to build a K-5 or K-8 school. Complete Jewelry Services Quality, Honesty Affordable Prices Engagement Rings Wedding Bands 103 E. Kimberly Avenue Kimberly.WI 54136 CALL NOW! Were only taking 30 people for this FREE TRIAL SearchFriendships formed at UW-Green Bay A missing-person poster for Teresa Halbach is displayed Monday on the UW-Green Bay campus. Evan SieglePress-Gazette down from up there," he said.

Many of them went to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with Halbach, some had worked with her at the university newspaper, the Fourth Estate. Some had worked with her at area photography studios and many had hired her to photograph their weddings or do portraits of their families and then have remained friends with her. "She'll shoot their wedding that's how people meet her, and that's how people end up falling ding photos. She's just a very close friend of both of ours." The Picture People is also where Jolene Bain met Halbach. They worked together there while Halbach was attending UWGB and for a few years after, and they've remained friends ever since.

"She's fantastic at working with people," said Bain, who also was part of Monday's search party "She's great at getting them comfortable, so they act naturally in front of the camera." Halbach is particularly good at working with children, a skill that has led to her specialty in children portraiture, Bain said. Halbach has taken her skills and started her own business, Photography by Teresa, which shares office space and sometimes clientele with Pease Photography, 1599 Western Ave. Halbach graduated with highest honors from UWGB in 2002 with a degree in communication processes. Her senior year, her photography work was exhibited at the university's Lawton Gallery, which, according to university spokesman Scott Hilde-brand, is the mark of exception- Efficiency Apartwmts Short or lony "firm AlWIIiilllC MThe ariner Motel Clean, Quiet Rooms River Views Gorgeous Sunsets $4qoo Reservations 437-3760 2222 Riverside Green Bay Located on the Fox River HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. FIBROMYALGIA? GREEN BAY A new, free report has recently been released that reveals the "untold story" behind fibromyalgia pain.

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in love with her," said Aubrey Wygralak of Pulaski, who was part of Monday's search party. "She's just such a close friend to so many people." Wygralak worked with Halbach at the Picture People, a photography studio at Bay Park Square mall in Ashwaubenon, for a few years. "We just became very, very good friends," Wygralak said. "She has taken pictures of my family, me and Josh (Wygralak's husband) She did our wed Attorney Mark Rohrer said he wanted Kratz on the case, "to avoid any appearance of impropriety." Avery has a lawsuit pending against Manitowoc County officials involved in his 18-year incarceration. Amy Weaver writes for the Herald Times Reporter of Manitowoc.

9, From A-1 finding of Halbach's car in a rural gravel pit near an auto salvage yard where Halbach had been photographing cars for Auto Trader magazine before her disappearance. They said that the finding of her vehicle provided them with a great deal of evidence, but they didn't elaborate. Halbach is from rural Calumet County, and the search has been focusing on northern Manitowoc County, but her disappearance has attracted national attention, with CNN reporting on it Monday night. The story also has a major Green Bay area component: Many of the civilians doing the search are from this area. "I'd say about a third of them are from the Green Bay area, or the surrounding area," said Ryan Hillegas, a Hilbert-area resident who is spearheading the grass-roots portion of the search in coordination with the police search.

Most of the civilians will return today to resume the search, he said. "There's a big crew coming Crime lab: BY AMY WEAVER Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers MISHICOT The Wisconsin State Crime Lab uncovered "significant" evidence from the car of a missing 25-year-old St. John woman, Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz said Monday A preliminary report from the lab was released Monday, but Kratz, speaking at a news conference, did not divulge specific details. According to Calumet County Sheriff Jerry Pagel, Teresa Marie Halbach's 1999 dark green Toyota Rav4 was found Saturday by volunteer searchers in a gravel pit at Avery's Auto Salvage between Two Rivers and Mishicot. The salvage yard is operated by the family of Steven Avery.

He served 18 years in prison for a 1985 attempted murder and sexual assault before DNA evidence exonerated him. Halbach is a free-lance photographer for Auto Trader Magazine. Pagel has said she had three appointments for the pub Evidence 'significant' 7777777777777777777771 30 SENIOR CITIZENS to try out new hearing technology by one of the world's largest manufacturers lication Oct. 31, including one at the Avery property. Halbach's family reported her missing Thursday, after family members, friends and her employer hadn't heard from or seen her since Oct.

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