Where does the Whitehorse middle school educator go
to get his reputation back?
No charges against the positive behavior coach at Whitehorse middle school, says district attorney Ismael Ozanne. (More here.)
Madison Police document dump here. Eleven-year-old says to educator demanding she accompany him out of the classroom, “Leave me the fuck alone.”
Blaska is not surprised. Neither are the mother and grandmother of the black 11-year-old girl who was supposedly manhandled by that white Madison educator. For different reasons.
In a press conference closed to all but accredited news media, Ozanne stated:
“I am aware of public narratives about this incident. Some members of our community have coupled this information with their own experience, drawing conclusions that are simply wrong.”
Where have we heard that before (Ferguson, Missouri; Baltimore Md)?
Afterwards, mother and grandmother told the assembled news media and this blog that Ozanne’s decision was just another cover-up of white racism in Madison, even though the district attorney himself is of mixed race.
Ozanne actually asked Madison police to forward the case to him, even though MPD never established probable cause to make arrest. Ozanne interviewed mom, kid, grandparent and the pastor and the teachers at Whitehorse.
“I do not believe a crime was committed,” Ozanne concluded at a 1 p.m. press conference today (03-05-19).
No charges? More proof of racism!
After the press conference, the mother of the 11-year-old girl acknowledged her daughter should have obeyed the lawful commands of the teacher but contends that positive behavior coach over-reacted.
The Blaska Policy Werkes acknowledges that what may not rise to the level of a criminal offense could well be a violation of school district procedure.
Even so, we continue to believe that superintendent Jennifer Cheatham was premature to castigate. Before she ever spoke to anyone at Whitehorse, Cheatham put out a statement that:
“The most recent incident at Whitehorse Middle School was especially horrific. No matter what comes out of the police investigation, there was a failure on our part. We will review every fact to understand what happened so that we can take aggressive action.”
We try to talk reason when all else fails
Stop by my Facebook page to experience the parry and thrust of missionary work here in the Emerald City:
Max Miller: What does “Return control to the teachers and administrators mean?” Allow them to expel children at their discretion? Call police to have children arrested? Corporal punishment? Again I ask you, What are you actually proposing, what control should the teachers and administrators have?
David Blaska for Safer Schools: To remove children from the classroom to restore order. Do you disagree? To defend themselves against violent students. Do you disagree? To call the police when they feel a physical threat (and as mandated by Wisconsin Act 143). Do you disagree? To not be thrown under the school bus by Doyle administration bldg BEFORE administrators even talk to the educator actually on the ground. Do you disagree?
Now please describe to me what actually occurs in the Restorative Justice Room? … Thank you, Max Miller. Me neither.
Max Miller: Thank you for answering the question.
Reeves Smith: What are you going to do after you lose the election?
David Blaska for Safer Schools: Pour myself a nice glass of cabernet sauvignon and watch more parents leave the school district, I suppose. You?
31 responses to “‘Drawing conclusions that are simply wrong’”
Sounds like a bunch of Keystone cops with the teachers tripping over themselves. And for that we need restorative justice.
Let the record show that a number of Catholic schools in the Madison-area, including the one at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Madison, continue to produce very strong educational outcomes without nearly the chaos cited above.
A Peace-ful learning environment? Quite a concept.
”Some members of our community have coupled this information with their own experience, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE SIMPLY WRONG” (bolds/caps mine)
Whaddya bet Mommy & Gammy’s main concern is their anticipated payday getting derailed? Another easy money bet: the 11 year old Black Baby has a, shall we say, pattern of behavior.
Serious question; is it policy that yer supposed to call CPS to deal with feral youth outbreaks in MMSD facilities? What are they trained/equipped to do…take notes and make recommendations?
Wouldn’t SRO’s be better equipped/trained to handle this type of…um…incident?
Or should the self-segregated Community handle things in their own way?
Can hardly wait to see how the UNJustified Anger plays out.
The Gotch
”Some members of our community have coupled this information with their own experience, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE SIMPLY WRONG” (bolds/caps mine)
Whaddya bet Mommy & Gammy’s main concern is their anticipated payday getting derailed? Another easy money bet: the 11 year old Black Baby has a, shall we say, pattern of behavior.
Serious question; is it policy that yer supposed to call CPS to deal with feral youth outbreaks in MMSD facilities? What are they trained/equipped to do…take notes and make recommendations?
Whaddya bet Mommy & Gammy’s main concern is their anticipated payday getting derailed? Another easy money bet: the 11 year old Black Baby has a, shall we say, pattern of behavior.
Serious question; is it policy that yer supposed to call CPS to deal with feral youth outbreaks in MMSD facilities? What are they trained/equipped to do…take notes and make recommendations?
Wouldn’t SRO’s be better equipped/trained to handle this type of…um…incident?
Or should the self-segregated Community handle things in their own way?
Can hardly wait to see how the UNJustified Anger plays out.
The Gotch
And the other children who came to class that day expecting to get an education? Well, they’ll just have to rely on their “White Privilege” to fill in the blanks……
@Scott Freeman;
”And the other children who came to class that day expecting to get an education?”
Acceptable Cannon Fodder collateral damage in the never-ending battle to siphon off suffocating White Lefty Guilt.
Positive Behavior Coach received “specific training” in how to deescalate “situations.”
What kind of training do you’s think the 11 year-old has received from Mommy & Gammy, who are watching their much hoped for and anticipated BIG payday go up in smoke?
Mommy says child has learned about White Supremacy at an early age.
CPS should have been called…they still SHOULD be called…to investigate the child’s home environment!
The Gotch
The family will sue, and the city will settle.
”Some members of our community have coupled this information with their own experience, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE SIMPLY WRONG” (bolds/caps mine)
Whaddya bet Mommy & Gammy’s main concern is their anticipated payday getting derailed? Another easy money bet: think the 11 year old child has a, shall we say, pattern of behavior?
Serious question; is it policy that yer supposed to call CPS to deal with feral youth outbreaks in MMSD facilities? What are they trained/equipped to do…take notes and make recommendations?
Wouldn’t SRO’s be better equipped/trained to handle this type of…um…incident?
Or should the self-segregated Community handle things in their own way?
Can hardly wait to see how the UNJustified Anger plays out.
The Gotch
Oh — I missed the part where the mother and grandmother admonished their innocent little girl from throwing F-bombs. Sounds like she is a “walking on eggshells” individual who probably shouldn’t be in a regular classroom, but that would be a step too far for MMSD.
The Madison public education establishment is a farce; an expensive, counter-productive, farce and the very essence of “real” child abuse.
Positive Behavior Coach received “specific training” in how to deescalate “situations.”
What kind of training do you’s think the 11 year-old has received from Mommy & Gammy, who are watching their much hoped for and anticipated BIG payday go up in smoke?
Mommy says child has learned about White Supremacy at an early age.
CPS should have been called…they still SHOULD be called…to investigate the child’s home environment!
The Gotch
Positive Behavior Coach received “specific training” in how to deescalate “situations.”
What kind of training do you’s think the 11 year-old has received from Mommy & Gammy, who are watching their much hoped for and anticipated BIG payday go up in smoke?
Mommy says child has learned about White Supremacy at an early age.
CPS should have been called…they still SHOULD be called…to investigate the child’s home environment!
The Gotch
Positive Behavior Coach received “specific training” in how to deescalate “situations.”
What kind of training do you’s think the 11 year-old has received from Mommy & Gammy, who are watching their much hoped for and anticipated BIG payday go up in smoke?
Mommy says child has learned about White Supremacy at an early age.
CPS should have been called…they still SHOULD be called…to investigate the child’s home environment!
The Gotch
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Whoopsie!
Positive Behavior Coach received “specific training” in how to deescalate “situations.”
What kind of training do you’s think the 11 year-old has received from Mommy & Gammy, who are watching their much hoped for and anticipated BIG payday go up in smoke?
Mommy says child has learned about White Supremacy at an early age.
CPS should have been called…they still SHOULD be called…to investigate the child’s home environment!
The Gotch
Positive Behavior Coach received “specific training” in how to deescalate “situations.”
What kind of training do you’s think the 11 year-old has received from Mommy & Gammy, who are watching their much hoped for and anticipated BIG payday go up in smoke?
Mommy says child has learned about White Supremacy at an early age.
CPS should have been called…they still SHOULD be called…to investigate the child’s home environment!
The Gotch
Whoopsie!
”Some members of our community have coupled this information with their own experience, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE SIMPLY WRONG” (bolds/caps mine)
Whaddya bet Mommy & Gammy’s main concern is their anticipated payday getting derailed? Another easy money bet: think the 11 year old child has a, shall we say, pattern of behavior?
Serious question; is it policy that yer supposed to call CPS to deal with feral youth outbreaks in MMSD facilities? What are they trained/equipped to do…take notes and make recommendations?
Wouldn’t SRO’s be better equipped/trained to handle this type of…um…incident?
Or should the self-segregated Community handle things in their own way?
Can hardly wait to see how the UNJustified Anger plays out.
The Gotch
Read the case report, listen to Mommy & Gammy, and then ask yerselves: gosh, where did this poor Black Baby learn all this?
The Gotch
How dare we have a school named WHITEhorse? I suggest we rename it A Horse of a Different Color Middle School.
Enough is enough. A black DA threw this case in the trash where it belongs.
The student was the one being violent and throwing punches. The parent needs to do their damn job and raise their kid better— and oh by the way once again no father in the picture.
It is time for order to be restored in Madison public schools and the false Jussie Smollett wannabes need to stop lying and take accountability for their and their kids’ behavior.
SHAME on Supt. Cheatham for speaking LIES — again — and throwing one of her staff under the bus instead of throwing the disruptors out of the learning environment.
What a travesty and we pay tens of millions to prop up this slowly deteriorating school system!