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  • What happens at fight club stays at East high school

    Is it a PR problem? “Nothing to see here,” Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad assured curious on-lookers as the burning fireworks factory blasted its colorful arsenal high into the sky. Madison East high school has its own Frank Drebin in the person of Nikki Smith, the interim principal. (But aren’t they all interim these…

  • In other words, everything but discipline

    The Madison school district’s response to the roiling brawls on Monday Blaska’s Top Line: Somehow, we thought the school district had a safety plan. But they’re still working on developing one. (Highlighted emphasis is ours.)   Madison Metropolitan School District   November 9, 2021 Dear East students, families, and staff,  Last night and this morning,…

  • Are Madison schools exempt from state law?

    The answer is No (btw) because assault and battery is still a crime!  Wisconsin law is clear. If violence breaks out in school, you call the police and you call them first thing. Madison’s public schools violated state statue when it did not call in the police after an East high school sophomore was pummeled…

  • School safety plan omits police, rewards analysis paralysis

    Following up on the East high school beatdown The influential Ann of Althouse, retired UW Law school professor and bloggueresse, asks “Why don’t schools call the police when crimes are committed in school?” The short answer is that Madison WI schools a year ago enlisted in the War on Police. With the connivance of Madison’s…