Outside the cafeteria at Madison East High School, in a bright yellow and purple shed, lies the school’s newest student run food pantry. It’s the recent project of the school’s Food Equity Club, which aims to help students struggling with food insecurity. The idea for the new pantry arose during the pandemic, when students were […]
East High School Students Walk Out Over Alleged Assault
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Madison East High School Students Stage a Walkout Today, as rain began to fall, a few hundred East High School students walked out of their third period class and gathered on the front steps. Most were wearing red or pink to show solidarity with a sexual assault victim. The students gathered […]
MMSD school board unanimously approves vaccine mandate for district st...
Last night, the Madison School Board met to unanimously approve a vaccine mandate for all MMSD staff members. All staff members must be fully vaccinated by November 1st. The mandate’s approval comes a full month into the school year. The plan won’t be implemented until about halfway through the semester. That leaves months of in […]
MMSD plans to update security camera policy
Last night, the Madison Board of Education considered a potential change to their surveillance and electronic monitoring policy – which hasn’t been updated in more than two decades. The change would prohibit the use of hidden cameras within all Madison Metropolitan School District buildings. The proposed policy comes after a 2019 incident in which some […]
MMSD considers ending suspensions for 4k-5 students
The Madison Metropolitan School District is weighing a moratorium on out of school suspensions for young students. The moratorium would prohibit the punitive practice for students from 4-k through fifth grade. At a school board committee meeting yesterday, MMSD’s Coordinator of Progressive Discipline Bryn Martyna told board members that suspensions disproportionately affect students of color […]
MMSD to begin drafting employee vaccine mandate
The Madison School Board voted in a special meeting last night to begin drafting a vaccine mandate for all Madison school district staff. The decision comes just a few days before MMSD students begin returning to class this Thursday. But the rollout of the mandate will take effect weeks after school has been in session […]
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