Category: Madison schools
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‘The Left doesn’t fight evil; it fights those who do’
Must not allow victims to defend themselves A persistent Madison pest who infests my Facebook page insists that anyone who defends our schools from mass shooters be tested first for “implicit bias.” Along with rubella, most likely. Yeah, the pest just played the Race Card. As if the police officer assigned to the school or…
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Madison school board gets an earful from La Follette High School parents & students
Madison School District’s goal is not safety, it’s making the racial disparity numbers work While the Madison School Board considers expelling police from its four high schools, our classrooms are being disrupted in the name of racial equity. Large-scale student brawls disrupted all four high schools in the last two weeks, starting February 13, when…
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‘Of course police officers should stay in Madison’s high schools’
‘Turkey Lives Matter’ Hooray for the Wisconsin State Journal. Once again, Madison’s newspaper of record has spoken up and spoken loudly on an issue of public safety raised by your Squire in the daily newspaper one month ago and many times here at the Manor. The State Journal’s Sunday editorial does not coat with sugar:…
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Cops in Madison schools, Part #1
Expel the disrupters, not the police Only in the Emerald City would the school district even consider evicting police from its high schools. Truly, Madison is that island surrounded by the reality of mass school shootings, most recently this month at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where 17 were killed. (If the shooting…
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Cops in Madison schools, Part #2
Lesson #1 is Discipline Fewer arrests don’t necessarily translate into safer schools and racial disparity continues Defining deviance down I’ve read the statistics. Yes, student arrests in Madison’s public schools are down 22% over the last four years. Two possible reasons: That EROs are making headway. Or, discouragingly, because that is how MMSD defines success.…
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At Madison high schools beset by brawls, school board considers booting cops
Discipline is Lesson #1 The goal should be helping students learn, not making the numbers look good That is done by demanding high standards Police EROs L-R: Justin Creech, West; Ken Mosley, La Follette; Zulma Franco, East; Tray Turner, Memorial H.S. Time for the Madison school board to hear from real people instead of the…