Following the arrest last month of a former dean of students on child pornography and exploitation charges, the Sun Prairie School Board has deemed district administrators out of compliance with policies requiring them to communicate with the board and the public.
While board members did not directly reference the district’s handling of the allegations and eventual felony charges against Robert Gilkey-Meisegeier, members of the audience cheered their action during Monday’s meeting.
Prior to the votes finding administrators had not followed the policies, a dozen parents or other residents criticized the district for failing to act sooner against Gilkey-Meisegeier and said they were worried about their children’s safety in the district.
Tricia Nowicki, who said she has a daughter at West High School, where he worked, said, “I am extremely concerned for her safety going back in the fall.”
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Madison Metropolitan School District Board, with one of the widest racial achievement gaps in the country, tackling the most important issues as the school year is about to begin. What a joke.
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