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The board voted 5-2 in favor of moving to optional masks starting Jan. 18 after plentiful discussion both for and against the change.

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View Comments APPLETON - Exactly 20 months after Ron Dunlap, a longtime Appleton principal who was hailed as one of the most influential African Americans in Wisconsin, died, the Appleton School Board moved to rename Lincoln Elementary in his honor. After months of tense community debate, the board voted 4-3 at its Monday meeting in favor of the proposal to rename Lincoln to the "Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School, Home of the Lincoln Lions." Speaking ahead of the board's vote on Monday, Yvette Dunlap urged the board to vote in favor of the proposal, saying her husband's contributions to t...

'Their eyes were twinkling': Appleton students return to classrooms for the first time since March Samantha West, Appleton Post-Crescent APPLETON - It's the middle of January and snow is on the ground. But in many ways, Tuesday felt like the first day of school in the Appleton Area School District. Around 8 a.m., Highlands Elementary fluttered with activity as kids hopped off school buses, toting big backpacks full of school supplies. Teachers and school staff stood nearby to greet them. Parents snapped photos of their children outside of the school, then escorted them to th...