Nicolet Bids Farewell to Departing Superintendent Monroe June 2

A community reception, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Nicolet High School Library, will honor the retiring Rick Monroe, who served six years as school chief.

Nicolet High School will bid farewell to departing Superintendent Rick Monroe June 2 during a special reception. The community reception is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. in the Nicolet library, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Rd. Ice cream will be served.   Although a RSVP is not required, organizers ask those who wish to attend give advanced notice to help with planning efforts by emailing monroecelebration@nicolet.k12.wi.us.  For those who wish to send a note, photo, or other memorabilia to be included in a memory book, or make a monetary contribution toward a gift (checks payable to Nicolet High School), send it to: Ferne Hecker, Nicolet High School, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Rd., Glendale, WI 53217. Monroe — who has been an educator since 1976 including …

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Act 10 Saves Nicolet $418,000 in Benefit Costs

New report says the Nicolet Unified High School District has seen big savings from Act 10, as has Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District. However, Fox Point-Bayside didn't benefit nearly as much.

The controversial state law that eliminated most collective bargaining rights for school employees reduced benefit costs for Nicolet High School District by $418,000 last school year, according to a report released Monday. However, Fox Point-Bayside saw a $57,000 increase in benefit costs. The bulk of the savings for Nicolet came from reductions in the district's share of employee retirement costs, the report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance said. In the 2010-11 school year, Nicolet paid $567,629 toward the employee share of pension costs for workers; in 2011-12, that dropped to about $37,043, a 93.5 percent reduction, the report said. But the district paid 5.1 percent more in 2011-12 for health insurance costs for a total of $2.3 …

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Rick Young - Helping Kids Get It

It’s no short story: Rick Young has been teaching more than 40 years

Rick Young is just as romantic as you’d expect an English teacher to be after 43 years of inspiring high schoolers to see the beauty in well-crafted literature. It’s a challenge -- especially when you’re competing with gossip rags and reality TV -- but the best thing about teaching, he said, is “when you see something come alive in a kid’s eyes, when they get it. There’s nothing like that moment when someone gets it.” Next week, the school board will finalize his retirement. “Working on retirement is like a third job,” he said. Between teaching American Studies and Creative Writing at Nicolet High School during the day, teaching speech at Milwaukee Area Technical College in the evenings, and preparing for retirement, he’s been busy. Young’…

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