Today’s caravan protest placed an emphasis on health, both mental and physical, during the COVID-19 pandemic and as a nationwide debate over racial justice unfolds. Protesters taped signs decrying the state’s response to COVID-19 and the use of police in public schools on their cars. Madison West High School teacher Shawn Matson says that the […]
Madison School Board Discusses Changes to Layoff Rules
Last night, six of the seven members of the Madison Metropolitan School Board voted to delay changes to new layoff procedures for educators — insisting district administrators and the teachers’ union work out a compromise. Board Vice President Ali Muldrow abstained from the vote. The local teachers union — Madison Teachers Incorporated or M-T-I — […]
Madison schools propose graduation ceremony alternatives
Interim Superintendent Jane Belmore says 2020 graduates will be celebrated in Madison’s first virtual graduation experience. Belmore says an in-person celebration will happen once it is safe to gather in large groups. “We’re also planning an in-person class of 2020 celebration event. Not a graduation ceremony, but a venue that will give our students, staff and […]
