And here’s what Pearson is alleged to have done according to a criminal complaint as part of formal charges brought against her last week. She and a friend, Brandi Grayson, were out together just before Christmas. At about 11 PM they parked in a loading zone behind a theatre. When a security guard asked them to move they refused and verbally abused the guard. Grayson, who was driving, moved the car toward the guard in a way that he felt was threatening.
The theatre manager came out and again asked them to move the vehicle. They refused and in fact drove over some cones placed to mark off the no parking area. At one point Grayson called the manager a “Karen” and a “fat, white (expletive).”
It’s important to pause here and point out that back in 2020 during the incident Skidmore was apparently falsely accused of, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway issued a statement saying in part, “No words of gender-based violence should ever be uttered by anyone, period, No profanity should be used towards members of the body and no such language, verbally or otherwise, should be used against anyone in our community.” And yet, the Mayor has had nothing to say about the incident involving Grayson.
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1998! Money and school performance.
A.B.T.: “Ain’t been taught.”
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Madison taxpayers have long supported far above average (now > $26,000 per student) K-12 tax & spending practices. This, despite long term, disastrous reading results.
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The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading Recovery…
The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic”
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results
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“An emphasis on adult employment”
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Legislative Letter to Jill Underly on Wisconsin Literacy