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Forward Lookout on WORT

The impact of F-35s on affordable housing, Urban Forestry fee going up and Madison elementary name change, all these agenda items and more with Forward Lookout's Brenda Konkel and Dylan Brogan.

Merit Pay In Education -A Case Study

The Wausau Daily Herald recently penned an Op-Ed stating that under the last legislative session school reform "took a step forward" The reforms establish...
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Madison Area Schools Week Ahead

2 board meetings tonight - district boundaries, renaming Falk Elementary, reopening policies, recommendations from safety committee and more.
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Week of February 3

This week in local government: The Dane County boards support a union for UW nurses. Madison takes aim at robots on sidewalks. And the Madison school district puts pen to paper on a contract for its new superintendent.

Madison/Dane County/School Board Hide Behind Open Meetings Laws?

So, nothing is worse than when public officials use open meetings laws to thwart public information.  I was reminded about how they did that with the Cap Times during the F-35s debate.  See what I found in my open records request.

School Board Closed Session Yesterday – Start over on Superintendent Search?

I sure hope so! But they are off to a terrible start.  They already met in closed session yesterday.  And plan more closed session meetings.
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Week of April 27th

Forward Lookout's Brenda Konkel and WORT host Dylan Brogan walk us through this week in (virtual) local government.  Development, development, development.

Madison School Board Illegal Meetings

Yesterday  i blogged about illegal County Board meetings.  Today, Madison School Board.
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Madison Area Schools Week Ahead 4/13/20

I no longer have faith that anything I write about the schools will be correct.  Here's what they claim is their legal notice for meetings this week.
Madison Schools Week Ahead

Madison Schools Week Ahead

2 meetings today.

Cottage Grove – Leadership Institute

It has been said that the people lead and the government follows. There have been many examples of this throughout history. Pressure...
Madison Schools Week Ahead

Madison Schools Week Ahead

Behavioral Education Plan, dissolving the City of Madison Education Committee and a Nuestro Mundo Board of Directors meeting.