Gelling of diesel fuel in the district fleet of buses was the problem that lead to cancellation of classes last Friday at Wheatland Center School, Jason Tadlock, district administrator, explained in a letter to parents issued today. Here’s the text of the message, which went out via email this morning:
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Malfunctioning buses close Wheatland Center School
Wheatland Center School has cancelled classes today due to the cold causing buses to malfunction. An automated phone call and mass email sent out by the district said: This is a message from the Wheatland School District, Due to the cold weather the buses are not operating properly. We apologize for the delayed notice, but we [...]
Many School Board elections will be uncontested
While there seems to be plenty of interest in running for municipal office in Western Kenosha County this year, the same cannot necessarily be said of the 12 local school districts. Six of the 11 local school districts have the same number of people on the ballot as positions to be filled. Without a successful write-in campaign, those people [...]
Wheatland Center School students collect over 1,000 cans for pantry
The Wheatland Center School Student Council would like to wish a big thank you to everyone that donated to the school’s annual food drive. The Student Council was able to deliver over 1,000 cans and other non-perishable items to the food pantry in Twin Lakes. Your generosity will be greatly appreciated by many this holiday [...]
One Wheatland Center School bus running late
The white bus, number 3, for Wheatland Center School is running about 25-30 minutes late this morning, the school announced in an automated call this morning.
Horton to leave Wheatland Center School Board, but staying on as coach
Wheatland Center School Board Vice President Kandi Horton has submitted a letter resigning her position on the School Board, district administrator Jason Tadlock announced today. Horton’s resignation was prompted by her desire to continue coaching sport at the school and perhaps substitute teach at the school in the future, Tadlock said. The district recently discovered [...]
Hurricane hunter talks to Wheatland Center students
Can you imagine flying right into the eye of a hurricane? That is exactly what a recent guest speaker at Wheatland Center School did for many years. Fifth and sixth grade students were intrigued as hurricane flight engineer and pilot Bill Gehrman of Lake Geneva shared information and stories about his fascinating career. His rank [...]
Wheatland Center School to develop walking/running trail
The Wheatland Center School Board has approved the development of a 1.5 mile walking/running trail on the school grounds. The idea of a trail was brought to the school by Linda Sabourin, the school’s track coach. She said the team uses the fields to the west of the school building for practice, but the uneven surface makes for a [...]
Wheatland Center School buys vans to save big money on special ed transportation
The Wheatland Center School Board has authorized the purchase of two minivans in order to save the district an estimated $68,000 in transportation costs for special education students. The new Dodge Grand Caravans vehicles, each costing about $21,000 from low bidder Palmen Motors in Kenosha, will be used to transport special education students to and from the school and also to and from a program [...]
Wheatland Center School Board holds line on levy
The Wheatland Center School Board certified a tax levy Wednesday night with a slight decrease from last year. The tax levy for the current year will be $3,316,651. Last year’s levy was $3,320,183. That works out to a 0.10 percent decrease. District administrator Jason Tadlock said the levy should be welcomed by district taxpayers. “Their (grade school) taxes won’t [...]
Power outage hits Wheatland Center School
A power outage at Wheatland Center School this afternoon means the Halloween Family Fun Night, scheduled for tonight, will be postponed to tomorrow. All other details of the event will be the same, a recorded message from the school said.
Wheatland Center School to look at roof repairs
Wheatland Center School administration will be meeting with a Burlington-based roofing contractor to come up with a plan for repairing four areas of the school’s roof. The district recently received three bids from roofing companies. The School Board Tuesday night decided to pursue formulating a plan for the needed roofing with The Roofing Company, of [...]
Wheatland Center School to pursue breakfast program
Breakfast may be coming to Wheatland Center School, perhaps as early as the second semester of the current school year. District administrator Jason Tadlock proposed the idea to the School Board at its regular meeting Tuesday night. Informal comments from the board during the discussion were favorable. Tadlock said school breakfast can have nutritional — and consequently [...]
Wheatland Center School may stream sports, special events
Wheatland Center School may be streaming live sporting and other special events this year through a Wisconsin-based website. The School Board approved entering an agreement with prepsonthenet.com for the coming school year and continuing for five years. The company will give the school $4,500 in equipment such as a camera. Footage of events will be available live and then [...]
Wheatland Center approves $15,000 in building improvements
The Wheatland Center School Board on Monday approved spending as much as $15,000 for some minor building improvements. The work includes: The “refreshing” of two library storage rooms so they can be used for students as part of the consolidation of two libraries. Those rooms will be painted, have carpeting replaced and a drop ceiling installed. Carpet [...]
Wheatland Center School students to take a high-tech leap ahead
As students and teachers return to Wheatland Center School this September they will notice a significant difference in all of their classrooms. The school district recently secured an LCD projector and Smart Board for each of the classrooms. The school also will be purchasing a netbook computer for all students in grades 5 to 8. [...]
Wheatland Center School Community Carnival coverage
Wheatland Center School’s second annual Community Carnival was Wednesday. The event included a variety of family fun activities including bounce houses for all ages, a dunk tan and a variety of carnival games that allowed children to earn tokens that could be redeemed for prizes, There also was food and a display of equipment from the Wheatland Fire Department and [...]
Wheatland Center School Community Carnival is Wednesday
Wheatland Center School’s second annual Community Carnival is Wednesday, June 2 at the school. The event, which will take place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., will include: Carnival games. Bounce houses for all ages. Food. Face painting. Dunk tank. Display of equipment from the Wheatland Fire Department and town constable. Three hours unlimited jumping wristbands are available for $10. [...]
Wheatland Center School to stick with own buses
Wheatland Center School will continue using its own bus fleet and drivers for the 2010-2011 school year but board members continue to be open to changing transportation in the future if the right situation comes along. The board this year asked for proposals for transporting students from bus companies, but concluded that keeping the distrcit’s fleet [...]
Bristol tops West of the I entries in Battle of the Books meet
Bristol School, with a fifth place finish, topped the West of the I contingent in the recent Westosha Area Battle of the Books meet hosted at Bristol School. In Battle of the Books, students prepare by reading a list of books. This year there were 39 titles on the list. In the competition, the teams compete to correctly answer questions about [...]
Westosha Area Battle of the Books kicks off at Bristol School
This year’s Westosha Area Battle of the Books got started today at host Bristol School. Teams from Bristol, Riverview, Paris, Salem, Wheatland, Union Grove, Freidens, Bethany Lutheran, Yorkville and Raymond are participating. The competition will continue the next two Mondays. In Battle of the Books, students prepare by reading a list of books. This year there were [...]
Wheatland Center School to host auction, spaghetti dinner, learning fair
The Wheatland Center School PTO will host its 23rd Annual Spaghetti Dinner & Auction Saturday, March 13, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at the school, 6606 368th Ave. The event is free to the public with the exception of dinner. Advance tickets for dinner are $7 adult, $4 senior, $4 child. Family ticket for $20 includes two [...]
Wheatland vs. Salem baskteball cancelled
Salem B Team Coach Jim Valentine reports that the A and B team basketball games between Salem and Wheatland have been cancelled.
Wheatland Center performs “Christmas At The O-K Corral”
Debbie Hecketsweiler shared this photo and the following report on the Wheatland Center School holiday program from Tuesday night: Wheatland Center school knew how to throwdown a hoedown Tuesday night in front of a full house for their annual K-4th grade holiday program. Cowboys and cowgirls lassoed in the audience for a jolly good time with the [...]
Wheatland School officials say latest student drop-off/pick-up working well
View Larger Map Buses are now entering and exiting the school grounds at the access shown at the bottom of the map. From there, they travel along the south side of the building and pick-up and drop-off in the area on the west side of the building where you can see a oval pointed on [...]
Wheatland open to consolidation talks with Salem
Wheatland Center School Board members said Tuesday they are open to an invitation from the Salem School District to have preliminary discussions about consolidation. Wheatland interim district administrator Conrad Chaffee said he was contacted by phone by Salem district administrator David Milz to gauge Wheatland’s interest in talking about consolidation. Consequently, Chaffee brought it up [...]
School Board cooperative group may be forming
Riverview School Board member Brent Brenner is trying to get board members from the Wilmot High School feeder school districts to meet to share info on a regular basis. Brenner outlined his concept at a meeting of the Wheatland Center School Board Tuesday night. The idea would be for board members to get together to [...]
Wheatland Center School referendum passes
The Wheatland Center School tax levy referendum passed 193 to 163. The vote will allow the district to continue to exceed its state revenue limit by $300,000 for four more years. Here’s the breakdown of the vote by municipality: Wheatland 172 yes, 143 no. Salem 19 yes, 14 no. Randall 2 yes, 2 no. Brighton [...]
Wheatland Center School to give buses in back a try
View Larger Map Buses will enter and exit the school grounds at the access shown at the bottom of the map, travel along the south side of the building and pick-up and drop-off in the area on the west side of the building where you can see a oval pointed on the pavement. In the [...]
Wheatland Center School voters to decide referendum Tuesday
Residents of the Wheatland Center School District will be able to vote in a tax levy referendum Tuesday. The referendum seeks to allow the district to continue to tax $300,000 over the state revenue limit, which essentially would extend authority granted four years ago, but which has expired. Essentially the same measure failed in April [...]
