Category: Madison schools
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Restore school resource police officers!
Says Chief Shon Barnes after Georgia school shootings! As the Chief of Police in Madison, I am deeply concerned about the safety of our students in the wake of the most recent school shooting in Georgia. It is a tragic reminder of the harsh reality that we live in a world where school shootings have…
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Mayor Dave is voting No on school referendum
As a no-confidence vote against Woke school board! Parents are voting with their kids and taking them out of the district. And it’s not because the buildings aren’t nice enough. It’s because this school board obsesses over solving all of society’s problems rather than focusing on teaching kids how to read, write, do math, and…
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Kids are shooting each other on a ‘day of peace and unity’
Why are progressives afraid of teaching values? The indentured servants at Blaska Stately Manor did not observe Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the day the Emancipation Proclamation actually kicked in for most slaves. If any of you platinum subscribers did, you’re better people than we are. (An admittedly low bar.) But neither did our…
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Fathers! Inspect your kids’ back packs!
and demand La Follette high school ‘security staff’ be terminated! Your correspondent was carrying a little baby we named Max out of what was then Elmbrook Hospital in Brookfield WI many calendars ago. The newly minted father — only a decade or so removed from childhood himself — half expected a tap on the shoulder.…
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Failure ain’t cheap
But progressives want to double down on more of the same! One might think that a poolside party atop the almost brand new, aptly named Lux apartment high rise on a warm evening in June might — as the guilt-ridden do gooders like to say — “build community.” Instead, 12 young people ranging in age…
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‘We’re supposed to protect kids here’ …
… but from the police? The best news reporter in town is up with a story today that ought to get heads rolling in our public school district — but probably won’t because — Forget it, Jake, it’s Madison WI! School employees harassed police as they arrested an 18-year-old student criminal for carrying a loaded…