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The Sheboygan Area School District (SASD) is not educating the children of Sheboygan. The district’s overall state report card is rated 385 out of 421 school districts in the state of Wisconsin. That places it in the bottom 9% in the state of Wisconsin.

This means that 91% of school districts in Wisconsin are doing better for their children than the SASD. When you look at the state report cards for the largest high schools in the SASD, it gets even worse:

• North High – 56.3 – Meets few expectations
• South High – 41.2 – Fails to meet expectations
• Central High – 27.4 – Fails to meet expectations

Here is the fact: 91% of all high school students in the SASD attend a high school that meets few expectations or fails to meet expectations.

In looking at student achievement data of these three high schools, there is great reason to be alarmed. Let’s look deeper.

Central High School

• 88% of students are below basic in English Language Arts
• 85% of students are below basic in Math
• 7-year cohort graduation rate – 94.7%

South High School

• 77% of students are basic or below basic in English Language Arts
• 77% of students are basic or below basic in Math
• 7-year cohort graduation rate – 91.5%

North High School

• 67% of students are basic or below basic in English Language Arts
• 61% of students are basic or below basic in Math
• 7-year cohort graduation rate – 92.7%

Think about this! The large majority of our high school students are basic or below basic in Reading, Writing, and Math! Yet, the overwhelming majority of students still graduate from the SASD!

How are so many students that are struggling in basic skills still graduating from the SASD? What is a diploma from the SASD really worth?

With these academic failures, one would think that the SASD would consider opening its recent superintendent search to candidates outside of the district. Instead, the SASD decided to promote an internal candidate to be the next superintendent.

If you are satisfied with these academic results, do nothing!

However, if you feel that the SASD has failed to deliver an acceptable return on your investment (taxes), the time is now for you to act!

Contact the SASD leadership:

• Demand answers on why your taxes yield this return on investment – academic failure!
• Ask why the SASD is letting down our kids by not preparing them to succeed after graduation!

Contact:

Mary Lynn Donohue – SASD Board President

Email: mldonohue@sasd.net

Seth Harvatine – SASD Superintendent

Email: sharvatine@sasd.net

**SASD data is from the 2022 Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Report Card.