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CEDARBURG — MatthewMontonati, the challengerfor the Cedarburg CommonCouncil District 7 seat, hasendorsed his opponent andincumbent Michael O’Keefefor the 2016 election.

Though Montonati is notwithdrawing from the race,he does not want to bestretched too thin at thistime.

“(O’Keefe) is very passion-ate about his position asalderman and has greatideas moving forward. Thatsaid, I believe Mr. O’Keefe isa better candidate at thistime,” he said. Montonatiadded that he will likely runagain in 2018 and if he iselected this year, he “willgladly accept the responsi-bility and privilege ofbecoming alderman.”

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County’s No. 1 forfourth year running

By Colleen JurkiewiczNews Graphic Correspondent

OZAUKEE COUNTY —Residents of Ozaukee Coun-ty won’t be surprised to hearthat, once again, their coun-ty has been named Wiscon-sin’s healthiest by the annu-al County Health Rankings,produced by the RobertWood Johnson Foundationin collaboration with theUniversity of WisconsinPopulation Health Institute.

Amy Kozicki, health edu-cator with the Ozaukee Pub-lic Health Department, saidthat none of her colleaguesare surprised by the results.It is the fourth year in a rowand the seventh time ineight years that OzaukeeCounty has topped the list.

“It was expected, and Ithink that just goes in corre-lation with the high socio-economic status (of thecounty,)” she said. “Also wedid rank this year, again,with only 6 percent of thecounty residents having nohealth insurance, so thatdefinitely plays a big factoras well.”

The rankings depict datafor health outcomes andhealth factors, both of whichlisted Ozaukee County atnumber one. Health out-comes are determined equal-ly by length of life and qual-ity of life, the latter beingbroken down into statisticsthat include, among otherdetails, percentage of babieswith low birthweight (just 6percent of live births inOzaukee), and poor or fairphysical health days (2.8 permonth, as self-reported byresidents).

Health factors take intoaccount various healthbehaviors like adult smok-ing (13 percent), clinicalcare, social and economicfactors and physical envi-ronment.

Kozicki said that, as inrecent years, there is roomfor Ozaukee County resi-dents to improve theirhealth habits. “Obesity isreally big, it did go up 2 per-cent (to 27 percent) from lastyear, and it is still higherthan the national average.Another big one that kind ofjumped out at us is theexcessive drinking, whichdid decrease 1 percent fromlast year (to 25 percent) butit’s still right at that mark

with the whole entire stateof Wisconsin and then a lothigher than the nationalaverage.”

Kozicki characterizedbinge drinking and exces-sive drinking as “a statewideproblem.”

The rankings have anadded interest to the PublicHealth Department this yearbecause of its ongoing merg-er with the same entity inWashington County. Wash-ington County was rankedseventh in both health out-comes and health factors,losing out to Ozaukee Coun-ty in categories like lengthof life, teen birth rate (6 per-cent to Washington County’s13) and ratio of citizens toprimary care physicians(710 to 1 in Ozaukee County,1,620 to 1 in WashingtonCounty) but trumping it inareas like alcohol-impaireddriving deaths (46 percent ofall motor vehicle crashes forOzaukee County, 37 forWashington County).

Kozicki said that thehealth department is hopingto improve WashingtonCounty’s ranking next year.“We’re just looking to seewhat’s working in Ozaukeeand then hopefully imple-ment those same proceduresor processes in Washingtonas well. But they’ve alwaysbeen ranked in the top 10,which is great, and they’redoing a lot of wonderfulthings, too.”

Interestingly, the datashows that physical inactivi-ty in Ozaukee County hasbeen on the rise in recentyears, even as access to exer-cise opportunities wereranked at 89 percent (a mea-sure of how much of thepopulace lives reasonablyclose to parks or recreation-al facilities).

Kozicki said that, in addi-tion to the socioeconomicadvantage of Ozaukee Coun-ty residents, health out-comes are boosted by the 95-percent high school gradua-tion rate of its residents.“Education definitely has abig impact on your health.”

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Class period toserve enrichmentand intervention

By Melanie Boyung News Graphic Staff

GRAFTON — GraftonHigh School has broughtback Black Hawk Time, andboth students and teachersare being given greater con-trol over the direction ofindividual learning.

GHS Principal Scott Man-tei updated the SchoolBoard last week on BlackHawk Time, which beganduring the 2014-15 schoolyear but was suspendedthrough the first semesterof this year. Mantei said thetime block – a 40-minuteperiod held each Wednesdaylast year to give students anopportunity to seek inter-vention or assistance fromteachers – had complica-tions during the first year.

“It was an opportunity forstudents to personalizetheir approach to learning,”Mantei said.

During its launch year,Black Hawk Time sufferedfrom disorganization. Man-tei said some weeks had asmany as a couple hundredstudents not signing up forsessions during the time,people did not know wherethey were meant to be and

many students did notalways know what wasavailable to them. Teachersand students alike facedchallenges with the struc-ture – or absence thereof –Black Hawk Time wasimplemented under.

“I know there was tremen-dous frustration last year,”Superintendent Mel Light-ner said at the meeting.

Mantei formed a commit-tee to reconsider BlackHawk Time during thisyear’s first semester while itwasn’t running. The com-mittee was tasked withgathering feedback fromteachers and students as tothe problems with the setupand then coming up withsolutions to improve thestructure and usability ofBlack Hawk Time. Manteisaid much of the work to bedone was achieved byexpanding Black HawkTime to include every otherThursday and integratingthe Enriching Studentssoftware.

Mantei showed the boardstudent and teacher viewsof the online program.Teachers schedule whatthey will be doing for eachBlack Hawk Time period –test reviews, interventionappointments, enrichmentsessions to take class unitsfurther or other activitiesrelated to classwork – andMantei said the goal is forteachers to have plans set

for at least two weeks out.Students sign up for wherethey will go among theirteachers’ offerings; Manteisaid less than 20 studentsare still not signing up.

“Not just intervention orhelp, but enrichment andextension,” Mantei told theboard. “The amount ofopportunity we have is pret-ty amazing within each ofthose days.”

The program allows forteachers to more easilytrack student attendanceand participation. Teacherscan also sign up students forspecific sessions, overridingthe student’s choice if inter-vention is needed. Theonline system keeps recordsof each student’s sessionswithin their accounts.

Board member DanMcKelvey asked if parentshad access to the EnrichingStudents accounts; Manteisaid that parent accountshad not been set up withinthe system as of yet, butparents could use their chil-dren’s login information.He told the board GHS hasnot taken Enriching Stu-dents as far as it can go, buthe and the committeeintend to make greater useof its possibilities in thefuture as opportunitiesarise.

(Melanie Boyung can bereached at mboyung@con-leynet.com.)

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