The superintendent of the Manitowoc Public School District was the keynote speaker at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Fall Council of Trustees Reception & Dinner.
Superintendent Lee Thennes spoke about the impact of the Rising Phoenix partnership, a groundbreaking dual-enrollment program between Manitowoc Public Schools and UW–Green Bay that allows high school students to earn college credits.
In many cases, this program allowed students to achieve an associate degree before graduating from high school…