Rookie to face snow call in Waukesha
This is Waukesha Superintendent Todd Gray’s first-ever snowstorm as Superintendent of a school district. Will he panic? Will he just flip a coin? Will he face the wrath of the parents if he makes a bad...
View ArticleC’mon big eight. Baby New Year needs a new pair of shoes
Let’s take a last look back at 2008 at the eight events that shaped Wisconsin and Waukesha. Waukesha’s Big Eight: 1. The Flood. How often does a city emergency come up where a city handles it well? 2....
View ArticleEducation funding dominated decade
(This appeared in the Waukesha Freeman 12/31/09) Education funding dominated decade If we were to look for one issue that has dominated Wisconsin politics for much of the decade, education would...
View ArticleQ & A with Steve Edlund
Candidate for school board Steve Edlund is a siamese twin to controversy. After years of activism in the city and countless open records requests, Edlund is running for office himself. If he wins,...
View ArticleKennedy explains the Waukesha QEO
Some Qualified Economic Offers were more equal than others. Residents of the Waukesha school district paid through the nose for teacher salaries that were above and beyond the QEO, and now the union is...
View ArticleEdlund’s threat
Waukesha School Board member Steve Edlund threatened the Waukesha Common Council Sunday night that if they didn’t do what he said, he would organize a grass-roots effort to reduce the Common Council to...
View ArticleWaukesha school board member appears in video for Walker
Waukesha School Board member Karin Rajnicek appears in a new video for Governor Scott Walker. Waukesha Patch reports: Waukesha’s newest school board member has been on the board since April, but her...
View ArticleA response from the Waukesha Schools Superintendent
I received the following email from Waukesha School District Todd Gray yesterday in response to my Thursday column in the Waukesha Freeman. With his permission I’ve posted it below. The district grade...
View ArticleStabbing answer not on website
Waukesha Freeman June 5, 2014 Page A5 Opinion Stabbing answer not on website Macabre tale with no easy answer It’s a macabre tale. One little girl has a party for her 12th birthday. It’s followed by a...
View ArticleWhy do we levy tax dollars for education? For the kids, not the districts
Over at the MacIver Institute, I explain why Waukesha School District Superintendent Todd Gray is simply wrong about expanding school choice. I also explain that despite the scary numbers, Gray is just...
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