Our mission within the Gillett School District is to provide all of our students a high quality educational experience in a secure learning environment which recognizes and responds to student’s individual needs. To help attain our mission and goals, we have made significant investments in literacy, math, technology, facilities, and professional training. We cherish helping each student graduate from our school as a productive, responsible, and civic-minded person with the skills needed to succeed in college, a career, and in life.
We are a small district that has a lot of pride in our students, staff, and community. Several years ago, the Gillett School District held several community meetings and sent out a survey that gathered feedback on our current operations and future planning. From the feedback given, it was apparent that our community wants to maintain the programs and services that we currently offer. We strive to have small class sizes; offer courses in Career and Technical Education such as traditional “shop” classes and agricultural education; offer several elective courses in business, Spanish, personal finance, music, and fine arts; and offer several transcripted courses with NWTC.
We are extremely fortunate to have the support of our community and that our voters approved an operational referendum in 2018 that provided three years of additional funding for our District. As a result, we have been able to continue our focus on improving student achievement, maintaining the classes we are able to offer, and offering small class sizes that most school districts our size cannot offer.
The operational referendum will end at the end of this school year. Therefore, the Board of Education is asking our voters to consider supporting an extension of the operational referendum for another three years at a reduction of the previous referendum. We are asking our community to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $600,000 per year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and ending with the 2025-2026 school year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of sustaining educational programming, student opportunities, and operations. This will help us maintain the quality of educational programs that our families, students, and community members have come to expect.
Here is the full resolution approved by the Gillett Board of Education on July 21, 2022:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET TO EXCEED REVENUE LIMIT BY $600,000 PER YEAR FOR THREE YEARS FOR NON-RECURRING PURPOSES
BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of the Gillett School District, Oconto and Shawano Counties, Wisconsin that the revenues included in the School District budget be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $600,000 per year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and ending with the 2025-2026 school year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of funding educational programming for students.
Adopted and recorded July 21, 2022.
Official Question for the November 8, 2022 Ballot:
BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of the Gillett School District, Oconto and Shawano Counties, Wisconsin that the revenues included in the School District budget be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $600,000 per year, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and ending with the 2025-2026 school year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of funding educational programming for students.
Shall the foregoing resolution of the School Board of the Gillett Public School District be approved?
YES
NO
We work hard on continuing earning your trust and we thank you for your opinions on the Fall 2021 School Perceptions Community Survey. We used the results to craft our direction and the above resolution.
Any School Board member or our District Administrator would be happy to answer any questions and discuss your concerns. Questions can be emailed directly to TigerPride@gillett.k12.wi.us. Questions that are repeated will be added to this Frequently-asked Questions page on our website. Listed below are contact information for the Gillett School Board as well as our administrative team.
Jamie Young
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Board President
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(920) 373-8505
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Ron Lenz
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Board Vice-President
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(920) 373-5586
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Cliff Gerbers
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Board Treasurer
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(920) 855-6349
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Nanette Mohr
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Board Clerk
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(920) 855-6084
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Jamie Heroux
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Board Member
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(920) 855-6850
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Robin Banaszynski
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Board Member
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(920) 598-0525
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Katie Daul
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Board Member
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(920) 373-7975
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Todd Hencsik
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District Administrator
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(920) 855-2137
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Shawn Limberg
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Secondary Principal
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(920) 855-2137
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Curt Angeli
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Elementary Principal
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(920) 855-2119
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