Woman who attacked Madison teacher gets probation

Chris Rickert:

A woman who attacked a teacher at a Madison elementary school in 2019 pleaded guilty in the case Monday but will avoid a felony conviction if she completes a year of probation and anger-management and parenting classes, and writes a letter of apology to the teacher.

Lacandis Walker, 34, of Madison, told Dane County Circuit Judge Ellen Berz that she didn’t go to Orchard Ridge Elementary on Dec. 11, 2019, looking to get into a fight, but was unhappy with the school’s treatment of her special-needs daughter and felt “brushed off” by the staff member when she got there.