Shorewood Schools Named One of Best Workplaces in Milwaukee Area

The Shorewood School District has made a list of the best workplaces in Southeast Wisconsin; complied by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 

The district was recognized as the the 32nd best workplace among midsized companies (150-449 employees) in the Milwaukee area, by the newspaper. 

In order to rank area workplaces, the Journal Sentinel partnered with WorkplaceDynamics, a Philadelphia company that surveys businesses and then analyzes the data. The process began last fall, when the public was invited to nominate a company for consideration in the process.

By the end of the year, 1,177 companies were invited to participate. WorkplaceDynamics then asked employees at those companies to respond to a set of statements about their workplaces using a seven-point scale. Each company was then ranked based on size as well as employees’ reactions to those statements.

Related: 

• Shorewood Named Top High School in Wisconsin

Shorewood was nominated by a district employee, and then chose to participate in WorkplaceDynamics survey earlier this year.

“I am appreciated, valued, and supported by my colleagues, principal and parents," one employee said of the district.

Another employee said, “We have outstanding educators, high standards, and a community that strongly supports education. They are willing to support us financially, even when the state has turned its back.”

Superintendent Martin Lexmond said he is pleased to see the district's positive workplace recognized. 

“We have truly outstanding staff members in Shorewood, and they are the reason why our district has been able to excel,” Lexmond said. 

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