Reporting on Local Education ( Division B,Division A )Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Herald Times Reporter Entry Title: A man tried to approach the stage at the Manitowoc School Board meeting Tuesday. It's one of several disruptions in the past year. Entry Credit: Alisa Schafer Judge Comment: Excellent coverage of a school board that seems to be flirting with FOIA violations. Using the quote from the Republican party man saying he would never comment for anything was a nice touch.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Stevens Point Journal Entry Title: New diversity team has ‘empowered’ SPASH students; How Stevens Point schools addressed a substitute crisis; Half of Stevens Point junior high students were disciplined last year Entry Credit: Alan Hovorka Judge Comment: Great article choices. All interesting topics.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Cap Times Entry Title: Off the track: The future is unclear for Madison School District's Pathways program, Learning to cope: COVID-19 exacerbates growing youth mental health challenges, ‘An impossible situation:’ Members leaving school boards amid politicization, divisiveness Entry Credit: Scott Girard Judge Comment: Fantastic lede sentence (program stuck in neutral). Good, thorough reporting in all three stories.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: The Journal Times Entry Title: Never did I think I would be a teacher; 6 GRADS SHARE THEIR STORIES; Inadequate school lunches were a big problem at RUSD in 2021-22. Will they be better next year? Entry Credit: Ryan Patterson Judge Comment: None
