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La Crosses School superintendent, Dr. Engel, on cellphone bans, adding SRO, $53.5 million referendum, vape sensors

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FILE - La Crosse School District superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, in the WIZM studio for La Crosse Talk PM on March 19, 2024.

La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, joins to talk about cellphone bans in a couple of schools, the $53.5 million referendum question on the November ballot, vape sensors going up in bathrooms, adding a school resource officer (SRO) and investing in an early childhood coordinator.


La Crosse Talk airs weekdays at 6-9 a.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM / 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska). Find all the podcasts here or subscribe to La Crosse Talk PM wherever you get your podcasts.


Started with the vaping sensors going up, before getting into why the district will add another SRO (3:10).

Then (5:30) we talked about what an early childhood coordinator would be doing, before getting into the referendum question (7:50).

The $53.5 million plan would tear down the Hogan building and replace it with an elementary school, while updating State Road Elementary with eight new classrooms and a gym, and then closing Hintgen, Spence and Emerson elementary schools.

Lastly (9:30), we talked about the cellphone ban that’s happening this year in two of the district schools.

Host of WIZM's La Crosse Talk PM | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate | Hometown: Greenville, Wis | Avid noonball basketball player and sand volleyballer in La Crosse

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  1. walden

    August 27, 2024 at 4:06 pm

    There are approx. 1,000 calls for police support from La Crosse Schools annually (nine months). Think about that.

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