Mrs. Herrild has been a teacher at De Pere High School for 22 years now. She teaches business classes like Personal Finance and Microsoft Excel and Word.
Mrs. Herrild is one of few teachers in Wisconsin who went down to Madison to convince the governor, Tony Evers, to make personal finance a required credit in Wisconsin. This was successful and now Wisconsin is one of 29 states to have this requirement starting with the class of 2028.
“When we talk about student success and preparing students for the future, if we don’t give them at least some basic financial knowledge, how are we saying that they’re prepared?” Mrs. Herrild stated, “Because no matter what you go into, whether it’s college, career, military, any path that you take, you’re going to have to deal with your money and manage that.”…