Education

Imagine if there was a committee where school board members, county board supervisors, city alderpersons and the community came together to discuss how to improve the lives of young people in Madison and Dane County. How powerful could that be? And why did former Mayor Paul Soglin and former School Superintendent Jen Cheatam, along with now School Board President Gloria Reyes keep trying to reign in that committee? Now that they are free . . . what could they be?

Superintendent contract being voted on without public input and isn't attached for review.  No public input on referendum questions vote. Student Senate virtual rally for youth input.

Hiring process for the interim superintendent, meet with the school board before their meeting, 2019-2020 budget, long-range facilities plans and more.

4 meetings this week. 

How did all those groups that made endorsements do? Who can expect support for their issues on the Council (and elsewhere)?

So, I went to the meeting about the "code of conduct" on the SW side expecting people to rail against "those people" on Section...

Not a media round up - but a round up of various emails I get about events, presentations, input sessions, etc.

If you've seen me lately, you may have noticed I"ve been unusually quiet (except for the terrible hacking cough) . . . cuz I pretty much lost my voice and have been sick for the last two weeks.

As the kids start school today there will be lots of "Scott Walker has saved our schools" misinformation running around the right wing airwaves....

One meeting.

Is a great idea to strive for, but personally, if I had to pick, I would prefer INFORMED public discourse. Tonight, at...

Last night was one of those nights that sucked to try to cover things in city hall. I managed to catch part of Landmarks, part of Plan, part of Landmarks again, park of Plan again and none of Board of Estimates. And, the kicker, my TiVo died so I couldn't compensate. Boo. Anyways, here's what Plan did on the Edgewater TID with bk comments.