The mayors also discussed Madison’s relationship with the school district. Sensenbrenner said the city, Dane County and community groups need to marshall their energy and resources to work more closely with the school district.
If Sensenbrenner were designing a local government from scratch, he said he would include the school district under the mayor’s purview.
“I think that the schools have been isolated and let on their own all too much,” he said
Madison has long tolerated disastrous reading results, despite spending far more than most.
A majority of the Madison school board rejected the proposed Madison preparatory IB charter school.