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Ali Schwartz
Ali Schwartz
Due to the evolving nature of EANS funding, School Choice Wisconsin Action (SCWA) hosted a roundtable discussion on May 12, 2021 for school staff members to ask questions and share information. Our panel included Lori Saqer of Messmer High School, Brian Frank of St Augustine Preparatory Academy, and Donna Bembenek of Catholic Memorial High School. The FAQ from that roundtable is below. * SCWA Disclaimer: While seeking to be a helpful resource to schools, SCWA has pulled together answers from CESA6 and DPI for the following questions submitted to the May 12th SCWA roundtable on EANS. This tool in no…
MPS is moving forward with a current-law application of transportation benefits with private schools and parents for the entire school year. They have made commitments to legislators that their intent is to fully allocate eligible resources by June 30, earlier if possible. In April, School Choice Wisconsin Action was instrumental in getting AB160 / SB221 before the Education Committee in Madison. The bill, introduced by representatives Jessie Rodriguez and Jeremy Thiesfeldt, relates to transportation to a private school during the 2020-21 school year for pupils who reside in a first class city school district. In her testimony before the Education…
SCWA invites you to hear Dr. Nicole Brady, Chief Medical Officer for UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin, talk about the latest updates related to COVID 19, mutations to the virus, and COVID 19 vaccine safety and efficacy. This 45-minute session will present new information of interest to educators now eligible for vaccination. The last 15 minutes will be open for Q&A. Dr. Brady is a family physician and continues to see patients on a limited basis in the Fox Valley. We think you’ll enjoy her personal, conversational style. This is your chance to ask a medical expert about the new vaccines.
The focus of this seminar is to help school personnel prepare for the choice audit and know what they will be expected to provide to their auditors in the fall. Video 1 (above) provides an introduction to the fall audit process and goes into detail about the procedures that are required by DPI in order to determine the total payments that a school will receive. Video 2 (below) covers the fiscal and internal practices agreed upon procedure engagement. It covers the basics of the fiscal practices report. The report’s purpose is to determine if your school is financially viable and…
James and Maureen Cannalte know their children well – all eight of them. So when it comes to determining the best education for each, they have stretched the gamut of options. While living in Texas, home schooling seemed the best fit for their growing family. Then, when job opportunity brought the Cannaltes to Pell Lake, WI, virtual schooling became available and most instruction was accessed via the Internet. When another professional move to Modine Manufacturing brought the Cannaltes to Racine two years ago, they looked at the public school system to educate their children. Now, their youngest child, Blaze, will…
This seminar, presented by Infinity Benefit Solutions, covers the advantages of choice school partnerships for health insurance cost savings. They include: Cost Savings Risk pooling and community ratings Bundled discounts Ease of Administration Customized plan options based on modeling of like programs across the nation Full service COBRA programs Better Outcomes Richer offerings on ancillary benefits Access to one on one Medicare experts To hear the audio presentation, click on the slideshow. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office. Download the PDF
Summer emanates from Carissa Novine as she shoots her hand to the sky, wide smile stretching across her face, and explains why planting marigolds in a vegetable garden is a good practice. “It keeps the bunnies away!” the Kindergartener exclaims. Summer is on the minds of Carissa and her classmates at EverGreen Academy as the school year comes to a close. But for Carissa’s parents, the season presented a perplexing situation a few years ago, as their youngest daughter approached school age. Carissa is a summer baby, born at the tail end of August. Would she be ready for school?…
Ask 7-year-old Turner Ritacco to read a poem, and he’ll quickly wrap his arms around his tiny frame, slink into his chair and firmly tilt his head toward the floor with a sulk and a frown. With a little coaxing, he might slowly look up, muster up some courage and give the poem a try. Ask him what he likes, and he will twist his lips into an adorable, crooked smile, and with the slightest little lisp shout, “Tractors!” Well, basically, anything that goes fast, has movable parts and might be intriguing to take apart will capture this energetic second-grader’s…
Three little boys stand outside their new school on a sunny, fall day, and the photographer never has to urge a smile. Wide, and in some cases, toothless grins dominate their faces. This is a genuine happy. For their father, Pablo Rivera, nothing could be more assuring than to see that his boys are content. After losing their mother a few years ago, the small family has sought to continue their lives in the best way possible. For Pablo, that included getting them into a private, faith-based school. He had hopes for Concordia Lutheran School in Sturtevant, but the only…
Rosa Gonzalez shakes her head as she remembers where her daughter was just three years ago. “When Stephany was in ninth grade at the local high school, it was too bad,” she says, adding that she didn’t seem to have control over her daughter, who was disengaged from school, skipping classes and hanging around with other students who did not value education. “When she went into private school, everything changed. Her person was changed. Her life was changed. Now her grades are up. And, I’m happy, because next month my daughter will be a graduate.” On May 24, Stephany D’Avila…