Vol. 132 No. 60 – Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Serving our neighbors since 1880 24 pages 75 ¢ Manion: no criminal intent, no bullying in River View incident By Brian Roebke Editor Kaukauna Chief of Police John Manion said following an investiga- tion of a student alleging he was bul- lied last week at River View Middle School, police have determined the incident was not of criminal intent. At a news conference on Friday afternoon, Manion said the police- school liaison officer was involved in the investigation which started early on Tuesday morning and went on all day and continued through the week. The events took place in a physical education class where students were testing out on a gymnastics unit. “While other students were wait- ing or had tested out, a group of young men had gone over and started wrestling with each other,” Manion said. “Two of the individu- als started to wrestle, one being the accused and the other individual who was making the complaint, and they wrestled. A move was done on the young man and he was taken to the ground kind of hard and his breath was knocked out of him.” The student who took him down helped him up, asked him to walk around and walk it off, assisting him the entire time. “At no time was there any indication of intimidation, harassment, assaultive behavior, or any intent to do a criminal act,” Manion said. All students involved in the wrestling were there voluntarily and police feel confident the student just got taken down too hard and then went home and complained. “Instead of dealing with us on this, we find out at that time it was taken to Facebook and that’s where we’re at today,” Manion said. Manion said the accused student is trying to keep his name cleared, and the police have cleared him and they will do nothing more with the investigation. “If somebody’s taken down on a single-leg takedown, which is a takedown technique with wrestling and they fall the wrong way, they’re going to get their wind knocked out of them. It’s part of the deal,” he said. “At a young age, they’re not accomplished as wrestlers yet.” When asked about Matt Bent’s accusations that this was a continu- ous problem with his son, Manion said the police department’s con- tacts were very limited with the family. “We had another incident where they reported, I believe a cou- ple months ago, that their son lost a necklace,” Manion said. “That also ties with this individual that he wrestled with. This individual had a necklace on that looked like the one Mr. Bent’s son had, and he assumed this individual had stolen it.” The police looked into that but found the other student received the necklace from a relative last year. From a police standpoint, Manion said they are leaving the situation up to the school for further action. “The Kaukauna Police Depart- ment and our city in general do not in any way, shape or form, condone any type of bullying, harassment, intimidation or assaultive behavior, no matter what your age is,” Manion said. He said some of the communica- Brian Roebke photo The arched doorway in the center of this photo will be the main entrance to the Kaukauna Public Library if the proposed Grand KaKalin development becomes a reality in Kaukauna. The proposal has the library occupying the entire main level of the former Eagle mill on the island in Kaukauna. Kaukauna residents see library floor plan, hear updates on Grand KaKalin project By Brian Roebke Editor About 40 citizens made their way to a public meeting held last Wednesday evening to hear a very favorable update from representa- tives from Stadtmueller & Associa- tes and the City of Kaukauna on the status of the Grand KaKalin project in Kaukauna. Developer Randy Stadtmueller said the historic tax credits offered by the federal government are a cru- cial part of the financial package for the project, and that process is very similar to the housing tax credits where they must submit an applica- tion, certify that the building is eli- gible for the tax credits, and certify that the owner will renovate it in accordance with the building’s his- toric character. The architect, Trevor Frank, sub- mitted a story about the building’s character and history along with how it should be renovated. The application was submitted about a month ago and Stadt- mueller learned that the state his- torical society has approved the application. “They’re the first people who have to approve this, and we’re waiting for the official letter,” Stadtmueller said. “We have a ver- bal message. The next step is the state sending the application to the National Park Service, which must make the fed- eral decision on the tax credits. The same people who designated the Fox River as a national heritage State budget impact on schools explained for Kimberly board By Doug Kroll For the Times-Villager A daunting and straightforward message was made by Kimberly schools superintendent Bob Mayfield at the district’s board of education meeting Monday in explaining the impact of the 2013- 15 budget proposal of Gov. Scott Walker. “This is not good for the Kimberly Area School District,” Mayfield said. In an effort to educate the public, Mayfield said it is imperative to inform residents about the burdens that will be placed on all schools and taxpayers if the governor’s proposal is passed. He said the problem begins with the revenue cap freeze. “A revenue cap freeze means that we cannot spend any more money,” Mayfield said. “That means you have no local control to say we’d like to do this or that. It is frozen. In that regard, we have a lot of concerns because we have rising costs. We have health care costs, we have heating and cooling. It’s hard to freeze a budget.” Mayfield said that after the Kimberly district cut $2 million from its budget last year, an addi- tional loss will be realized with the planning for next year. “Last year, when they gave us the increase of $100 per student, which is about 1 percent, $50 of it was in non-recurring categorical aid,” Mayfield said. “And because of the revenue cap freeze and the way it’s set up, we actually lose $50 per stu- dent. So we’re going to lose $218,000. “When you say a freeze, we’re actually getting a decrease. So after losing $2 million, we’re now going to be losing $218,000. And again, that is a challenge.” Mayfield used information pro- vided by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for his presen- tation. Also included in the discussion was the issue of funding allowances for students of charter schools and voucher schools. Mayfield said that provision will adversely affect the per-pupil increase that districts can allow to fund their budgets, and could lead to increased taxes. Mayfield said that the revenue limit means districts will have a $0 allowance in per-pupil increase. While there will be a state-aid increase of $127 per student, the increase may help reduce local prop- erty taxes. But, he said the state proposal does not have revenue limit restric- tions on independent charter and voucher schools. This will allow for a $156 per student increase at char- ter schools, and as much as $1,414 increase for high school voucher stu- dents. “I don’t understand why these kinds of things get in the budget, because they will increase the taxes,” Mayfield said. “We have to pay for them somehow.” Among other provisions of the state budget is the implementation of a charter school oversight board. Mayfield said this would be an 11- member board based at the DPI, and would have control over charter schools. While the board would not have any rule-making authority, it would eliminate the authority of school boards to establish independent charter schools directly. The Kimberly district is home to Kornerstone Charter School. Mayfield said it is unknown how this board would affect the opera- tions of existing charter schools. Performance funding is another area of concern for schools through- out the state, Mayfield said, because it affects schools that can be victims of poverty-level areas. He said the school report card program that is now in place, assessing the success or failure of schools in educating students, could be used in a way that negatively affects school fund- ing. “Tying pay to a system that has already been statistically tied to poverty — that is students who have high poverty perform the low- est, and school districts with the lowest poverty perform the highest — there’s a correlation to that. “We would probably come out ahead on that. But it’s not really what this system was made for.” Mayfield said the DPI suggests that performance funding will dis- proportionately direct aid toward affluent schools. The department also takes a stance that expanding voucher pro- grams will increase property taxes. Board member Penny Hoh asked Mayfield what the board and public could do to address these issues. He said the best approach is to contact state legislators. “I’ve met with our representatives and senators, and what’s really interesting is they say they rarely, if ever get any phone calls. I find that amazing.” Mayfield said their response was that if they don’t hear from anyone, then they believe there is no prob- lem. See Incident, page 6 See Project, page 10 See Kimberly, page 6 Larry’s Piggly Wiggly Kaukauna & Little Chute www.larryspw.com 19 19 ¢ ¢ each Fresh Cake Donuts Plain•Sugared•Powdered Sugar & Feature Flavor of the Week! or $1.99 / dozen
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Vol. 132 No. 60 – Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Serving our neighbors since 1880 24 pages 75¢
Manion: no criminal intent, nobullying in River View incidentBy Brian RoebkeEditor
Kaukauna Chief of Police JohnManion said following an investiga-tion of a student alleging he was bul-lied last week at River View MiddleSchool, police have determined theincident was not of criminal intent.
At a news conference on Fridayafternoon, Manion said the police-school liaison officer was involved inthe investigation which started earlyon Tuesday morning and went on allday and continued through the week.
The events took place in a physicaleducation class where students weretesting out on a gymnastics unit.
“While other students were wait-ing or had tested out, a group ofyoung men had gone over andstarted wrestling with each other,”Manion said. “Two of the individu-als started to wrestle, one being theaccused and the other individualwho was making the complaint, andthey wrestled. A move was done onthe young man and he was taken tothe ground kind of hard and hisbreath was knocked out of him.”
The student who took him downhelped him up, asked him to walkaround and walk it off, assistinghim the entire time. “At no time wasthere any indication of intimidation,harassment, assaultive behavior, orany intent to do a criminal act,”Manion said.
All students involved in thewrestling were there voluntarilyand police feel confident the studentjust got taken down too hard andthen went home and complained.
“Instead of dealing with us onthis, we find out at that time it was
taken to Facebook and that’s wherewe’re at today,” Manion said.
Manion said the accused studentis trying to keep his name cleared,and the police have cleared him andthey will do nothing more with theinvestigation.
“If somebody’s taken down on asingle-leg takedown, which is atakedown technique with wrestlingand they fall the wrong way, they’regoing to get their wind knocked outof them. It’s part of the deal,” hesaid. “At a young age, they’re notaccomplished as wrestlers yet.”
When asked about Matt Bent’saccusations that this was a continu-ous problem with his son, Manionsaid the police department’s con-tacts were very limited with thefamily. “We had another incidentwhere they reported, I believe a cou-ple months ago, that their son lost anecklace,” Manion said. “That alsoties with this individual that hewrestled with. This individual had anecklace on that looked like the oneMr. Bent’s son had, and he assumedthis individual had stolen it.”
The police looked into that butfound the other student received thenecklace from a relative last year.
From a police standpoint, Manionsaid they are leaving the situationup to the school for further action.
“The Kaukauna Police Depart-ment and our city in general do notin any way, shape or form, condoneany type of bullying, harassment,intimidation or assaultive behavior,no matter what your age is,”Manion said.
He said some of the communica-
Brian Roebke photoThe arched doorway in the center of this photo will be the main entrance to the Kaukauna Public Library ifthe proposed Grand KaKalin development becomes a reality in Kaukauna. The proposal has the libraryoccupying the entire main level of the former Eagle mill on the island in Kaukauna.
Kaukauna residents see library floor plan,hear updates on Grand KaKalin projectBy Brian RoebkeEditor
About 40 citizens made theirway to a public meeting held lastWednesday evening to hear a veryfavorable update from representa-tives from Stadtmueller & Associa-tes and the City of Kaukauna on thestatus of the Grand KaKalin projectin Kaukauna.
Developer Randy Stadtmuellersaid the historic tax credits offeredby the federal government are a cru-cial part of the financial package for
the project, and that process is verysimilar to the housing tax creditswhere they must submit an applica-tion, certify that the building is eli-gible for the tax credits, and certifythat the owner will renovate it inaccordance with the building’s his-toric character.
The architect, Trevor Frank, sub-mitted a story about the building’scharacter and history along withhow it should be renovated.
The application was submittedabout a month ago and Stadt-
mueller learned that the state his-torical society has approved theapplication. “They’re the first peoplewho have to approve this, and we’rewaiting for the official letter,”Stadtmueller said. “We have a ver-bal message.
The next step is the state sendingthe application to the National ParkService, which must make the fed-eral decision on the tax credits.
The same people who designatedthe Fox River as a national heritage
State budget impact on schools explained for Kimberly boardBy Doug KrollFor the Times-Villager
A daunting and straightforwardmessage was made by Kimberlyschools superintendent BobMayfield at the district’s board ofeducation meeting Monday inexplaining the impact of the 2013-15 budget proposal of Gov. ScottWalker.
“This is not good for the KimberlyArea School District,” Mayfield said.
In an effort to educate the public,Mayfield said it is imperative toinform residents about the burdensthat will be placed on all schools andtaxpayers if the governor’s proposalis passed. He said the problembegins with the revenue cap freeze.
“A revenue cap freeze means thatwe cannot spend any more money,”Mayfield said. “That means youhave no local control to say we’d liketo do this or that. It is frozen. In thatregard, we have a lot of concernsbecause we have rising costs. Wehave health care costs, we haveheating and cooling. It’s hard tofreeze a budget.”
Mayfield said that after theKimberly district cut $2 millionfrom its budget last year, an addi-tional loss will be realized with theplanning for next year.
“Last year, when they gave us the
increase of $100 per student, whichis about 1 percent, $50 of it was innon-recurring categorical aid,”Mayfield said. “And because of therevenue cap freeze and the way it’sset up, we actually lose $50 per stu-dent. So we’re going to lose$218,000.
“When you say a freeze, we’reactually getting a decrease. So afterlosing $2 million, we’re now going tobe losing $218,000. And again, thatis a challenge.”
Mayfield used information pro-vided by the Wisconsin Departmentof Public Instruction for his presen-tation.
Also included in the discussionwas the issue of funding allowancesfor students of charter schools andvoucher schools. Mayfield said thatprovision will adversely affect theper-pupil increase that districts canallow to fund their budgets, andcould lead to increased taxes.
Mayfield said that the revenuelimit means districts will have a $0allowance in per-pupil increase.While there will be a state-aidincrease of $127 per student, theincrease may help reduce local prop-erty taxes.
But, he said the state proposaldoes not have revenue limit restric-tions on independent charter and
voucher schools. This will allow fora $156 per student increase at char-ter schools, and as much as $1,414increase for high school voucher stu-dents.
“I don’t understand why thesekinds of things get in the budget,because they will increase thetaxes,” Mayfield said. “We have topay for them somehow.”
Among other provisions of thestate budget is the implementationof a charter school oversight board.Mayfield said this would be an 11-member board based at the DPI,and would have control over charterschools.
While the board would not haveany rule-making authority, it wouldeliminate the authority of schoolboards to establish independentcharter schools directly.
The Kimberly district is home toKornerstone Charter School.Mayfield said it is unknown howthis board would affect the opera-tions of existing charter schools.
Performance funding is anotherarea of concern for schools through-out the state, Mayfield said, becauseit affects schools that can be victimsof poverty-level areas. He said theschool report card program that isnow in place, assessing the successor failure of schools in educating
students, could be used in a waythat negatively affects school fund-ing.
“Tying pay to a system that hasalready been statistically tied topoverty — that is students whohave high poverty perform the low-est, and school districts with thelowest poverty perform the highest— there’s a correlation to that.
“We would probably come outahead on that. But it’s not reallywhat this system was made for.”
Mayfield said the DPI suggeststhat performance funding will dis-proportionately direct aid towardaffluent schools.
The department also takes astance that expanding voucher pro-grams will increase property taxes.
Board member Penny Hoh askedMayfield what the board and publiccould do to address these issues.
He said the best approach is tocontact state legislators.
“I’ve met with our representativesand senators, and what’s reallyinteresting is they say they rarely, ifever get any phone calls. I find thatamazing.”
Mayfield said their response wasthat if they don’t hear from anyone,then they believe there is no prob-lem.
See Incident, page 6 See Project, page 10
See Kimberly, page 6
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