Your irascible host is a proud graduate of Sun Prairie Sr. High School, Class of 19xx … well, never mind. The farm village of our youth had a working blacksmith (he was village president) and a harness maker on Main Street. In the years since, the city has grown more populous than Manitowoc, requiring two brand new high schools in striking new buildings. The newest, SP West, opened in 2022 and serves 1,300 students 9-12.
Since our school days in detention hall, a bad case of diversity, equity, and inclusion has infected Sun Prairie’s public schools no less than Madison’s. The troubles afflicting them are a direct result of educators’ obsession with race.
The city is in a justifiable uproar over the criminal charges brought against the dean of students at SP West of sexual exploitation of a child (two counts) and 13 counts of possession of child pornography — all felonies. Robert Gilkey-Meisegeier allegedly bought booze for under-age girls in exchange for nude photos, secretly took 200 photos of girls, and engaged in sex acts on school grounds. The dean of students!
He’s the third district employee to be charged with sexual misconduct involving students since December 2022!
Not even a teacher’s license!
Nothing that we have seen dispels the notion that Gilkey-Meisegeier was a DEI hire. A long and distinguished academic career? The man didn’t even have a teachers license! The WI Dept of Instruction was quoted to saythat Gilkey-Meisegeier had applied for a teaching license but failed to complete the necessary steps to be granted one! Plus, he was only 28 years old when he took the job in the 2023-24 school year! The school district said it waived away several previous arrests for drunk driving on the grounds that it is illegal to deny employment for an offense unrelated to his job duties. Was he the only applicant?!