Kurt Obryan News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

WAUKESHA — Eight candidates are running for election to the Waukesha School Board seats currently held by Bill Baumgart, Amanda Roddy and Greg Deets.

Students and staff in the Waukesha School District exposed to COVID-19 will no longer have to quarantine under a decision by the Waukesha School Board on May 4. A divided school board voted, 5-4, that schools in the district will not quarantine students and staff determined to be a close contact of an individual having tested positive for COVID-19, presumed to be positive for the virus or awaiting a coronavirus test result. All Waukesha School District students currently in quarantine for such contact may immediately return to school. Students and staff are free to self-quarantine. Board me...

Tricia Zunker said she knows school board presidents sometimes have a target on their backs. It's part of the job, she said. But as Zunker led the Wausau School District board over the past year, she said, "People were so cruel, you'd think I personally brought the pandemic here." Angry citizens scrawled messages about her on sidewalks around town. A board president in a neighboring district wrote on Facebook that she was "a waste of physical space on the planet." Tuesday's election brought the coup de grace: Of seven candidates seeking four seats on the board, Zunker finished sixth. Three w...

Spring election: Conservatives ousted some school board incumbents Spring election: Conservatives ousted some school board incumbents What do the spring election results say about 2022? Despite the progressive win in the state superintendent race, conservatives did oust some incumbent school board members. WAUKESHA, Wis. - What do the spring election results say about 2022? That's when Wisconsin will once again be a battleground in races for governor and U.S. Senate. Despite the progressive win in the state superintendent race, conservatives did oust some incumbent school board members...