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| | {{tnr}}'''De Soto Area School District''' is a [[Wisconsin school districts|school district]] in [[Wisconsin]]. |
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| Taxes = {{no (Sunshine Review)}} |
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| Budget = {{no (Sunshine Review)}} |
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| Meetings = {{partial}} |
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| Elected Officials = {{yes}} |
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| Administrative Officials = {{yes}} |
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| Lobbying = {{no (Sunshine Review)}} |
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| Contracts = {{no (Sunshine Review)}} |
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| Audits = {{no (Sunshine Review)}} |
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| Public records = {{no (Sunshine Review)}} |
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| Academic performance = {{yes}} |
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| Background checks = {{no (Sunshine Review)}} |
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| }}{{tnr}}'''De Soto Area School District''' is a [[Wisconsin school districts|school district]] in [[Wisconsin]].
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| ==Website evaluation==
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| : ''Main article: [[Evaluation of Wisconsin school district websites]]''
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| ===The good===
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| * Meeting minutes are posted.<ref name = "forms">[http://www.desoto.k12.wi.us/downloads.htm Forms & Documents]</ref>
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| * Board members and their contacts are posted.<ref name = "Board Members">[http://www.desoto.k12.wi.us/administrationboardofeducation.htm Administration & School Board]</ref>
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| * Administrative contacts are posted.<ref>[http://www.desoto.k12.wi.us/staffdirectory.htm Staff Directory]</ref>
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| * Academic performance reports are posted.<ref name = "forms" />
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| ===The bad===
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| * No information about taxes proposed or passed to generate revenue for schools.
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| * Budget information is not provided.
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| * District funded lobbying is not discussed.
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| * Contracts and audits are not posted.
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| * No information on the [[Wisconsin Open Records Law]].
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| * Background check policies and procedures are not mentioned.
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| {{Action}}
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| ==School board==
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| The school board is comprised of a superintendent and "such other officers as the legislature shall direct." The superintendent is appointed by the state legislature in the same manner as members of the [[Judgepedia:Wisconsin Supreme Court|Wisconsin Supreme Court]]. The superintendent can hold office for 4 years.<ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/wisconst.pdf ''Wisconsin Constitution'',"Article 10, Section 1," retrieved July 9, 2009]</ref> According to the state constitution the board of education may not prevent a non-union teacher from speaking of a bargaining issue at an open meeting, as was ruled in the [[Judgepedia:United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]] case [http://supreme.justia.com/us/429/167/ Madison School District v. Wisconsin Employment Commission].<ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/wisconst.pdf ''Wisconsin Constitution'',"Article 1, Section 3," retrieved July 13, 2009]</ref>
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| Below are the school district board members:<ref name = "Board Members"/>
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| ! School board member
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| | [[Rick Pedretti]]
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| | [[Jeff Long]]
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| | [[Kirk Holliday]]
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| | [[John Audetat]]
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| | [[Geri Fox]]
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| | [[Bridget Schill]]
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| | [[Dean Penkalski]]
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| | [[Dan Fladhammer]]
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| | [[Nate Trussoni]]
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| |}
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| ===Teacher contracts===
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| :*'''Note:''' Information about the current contract in De Soto Area is not disclosed on its website.
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| The [[Wisconsin Association of School Boards]] (WASB) helps to negotiate contracts with the teacher's union, the [[Education Association of Wisconsin]]. The website for WASB pitches "professional" assistance on collective bargaining agreements, policies, salary ranges and fringe benefit data as well as past court information.<ref>[http://www.wasb.org/cms/employment-and-labor-law-services-2.html WASB, Employment and Labor Law services]</ref>
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| {{WASB}}
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| ==Administrative staff==
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| Below are the administrative staff members and their 2009 pay:<ref>[http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/lbstat/newasr.html ''Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction'', Statistical Information Center - School Staff and Salary Data]</ref>
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| {| class=wikitable
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| | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Full Name'''
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| | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Position Title'''
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| | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Prorated Salary'''
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| | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Prorated Fringe'''
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| | David Strudthoff||District Administrator||$105,000.00||$42,223.00
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| | Martin Kirchhof||Principal||$49,985.65||$25,148.50
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| | Martin Kirchhof||Principal||$26,915.35||$13,541.50
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| | George Andrews||Principal||$28,480.00||$16,636.00
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| | George Andrews||Principal||$28,480.00||$16,636.00
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| |}
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| ==Budget==
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| :*'''Note:''' Budget information for De Soto Area is not disclosed on its website.
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| For fiscal year 2008-2009, $8.62 was levied in property tax for every $1,000 of equalized property value, an increase of 4.61% over fiscal year 2007-2008.<ref>[http://www2.dpi.state.wi.us/sfsdw/Financial_profile_choose.asp ''Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction'', School Finance Data Warehouse, School District Profiles]</ref>
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| In 2009 voters rejected an $8,000,000 bond measure to pay "the cost of adding to, renovating, and improving" a number of De Soto Area schools. In 2010 voters rejected a $2,585,000 bond measure for renovations and improvements.<ref>[http://www2.dpi.state.wi.us/sfsref/ref_Home.aspx ''Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction'', Referenda/Resolution Report]</ref>
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| ==Academic performance==
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| :*'''Note:''' Academic performance information for De Soto Area is not disclosed on its website.
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| The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction provides a SDPR (School District Performance Report) for each district, which tracks achievement test results (grades 3, 4, 8 and 10), ACT and AP exam scores, retention rates, attendance, dropouts and truancy, among other measures.<ref>[https://wlds.dpi.wi.gov/spr/spr.action Wisconsin District and School Performance Reports]</ref>
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| The below chart shows the number of students in De Soto Area who scored advanced or proficient in each subject for 2009-2010, with the statewide figure in parentheses:<ref>[https://wlds.dpi.wi.gov/spr/district-report.action?district=1421&year=2009-10 2009-2010 Wisconsin School District Performance Report]</ref>
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| {|class="wikitable"
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| ! Grade
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| ! Reading
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| ! Language Arts
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| ! Mathematics
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| ! Science
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| ! Social Studies
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| | '''3rd grade''' || 81.5% (79.2%) || - || - || - || -
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| | '''4th grade''' || 96.7% (81.4%) || 80.0% (77.3%) || 96.7% (80.5%) || 86.7% (77.0%) || 100% (92.5%)
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| | '''8th grade''' || 92.9% (84.0%) || 73.8% (64.5%) || 85.7% (78.0%) || 85.7% (80.0%) || 92.9% (80.8%)
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| | '''10th grade''' || 86.1% (76.3%) || 75.0% (68.3%) || 77.8% (69.8%) || 91.7% (71.6%) || 83.3% (74.7%)
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| The below chart shows ACT and Advanced Placement test results for 2008-2009:<ref>[https://wlds.dpi.wi.gov/spr/district-report.action?district=1421&year=2008-09 2008-2009 Wisconsin School District Performance Report]</ref>
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| {|class="wikitable"
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| ! Test
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| ! Number of Students Tested
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| ! Percentage of Students Tested
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| ! Composite Score (ACT)
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| ! Pass Percentage (AP)
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| | '''ACT''' || 23 || 44.2% || 19.4 || -
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| | '''AP''' || 8 || 4.6% || - || 29.4%
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| {{WEAC}}
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| ==School Choice==
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| {{Wisconsin open enrollment}}
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| ==External links==
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| {{wikipedia entry}}
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| * [http://www.desoto.k12.wi.us De Soto Area School District official website]
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| * [http://www.wasb.org/cms/employment-and-labor-law-services-2.html Wisconsin Association of School Boards]
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| * [http://www.greatschools.org/wisconsin/de-soto/De-Soto-Area-School-District/ De Soto Area School District - GreatSchools.org]
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| ==References==
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| {{Wisconsin schools}} | | {{Wisconsin schools}} |
| {{Wisconsin}} | | {{Wisconsin}} |
| [[category:rated Wisconsin school districts]]
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| [[Category:School districts in Wisconsin]] | | [[Category:School districts in Wisconsin]] |
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