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By Logan Rude Mar 1, 2021 2:41 PM MADISON, Wis. — Madison’s teacher union is calling on local and state leaders to prioritize teachers for COVID-19 vaccination now that educators are eligible under the state’s latest guidance. In the statement shared Monday, Madison Teachers Inc. said getting school district workers vaccinated will help address the racial disparities in vaccination rates in Dane County. As of Monday, 17.2% of Dane County residents had received at least one dose of vaccine. Of those, only 5.9% of Latinx-identifying residents and 8.4% of Black residents had receiv...

School district violates own policy with hidden surveillance cameras “Super-secret install” was to catch a custodian sleeping while on the clock Carolyn Fath Ashby Superintendent Carlton Jenkins says the use of hidden cameras "is not in alignment with our values as a school district." In September 2019, top brass at the Madison school district violated district policy by installing hidden cameras — concealed in hollowed-out smoke detectors — in a coach’s office in the boys' locker room and a room where disabled students undress and have their diapers changed. The c...

The Madison Metropolitan School District will hold a virtual enrollment for kindergarten students early next month.

MMSD to resume classes in early March, teachers concerned about potential COVID-19 exposure

EMILY HAMER Two days after a Sun Prairie middle school faced backlash for an activity that asked sixth-grade students how they would punish a slave, the district isn’t answering questions on where the lesson came from and why it was taught. The Sun Prairie School District on Monday issued an apology, put the group of Patrick Marsh Middle School teachers responsible for the lesson on leave and launched an investigation into the incident, but has been largely quiet since. District spokesperson Patricia Lux said in an email Wednesday that there has been “in-person support w...