After a white Wisconsin father rushed a graduation stage and pushed a Black superintendent to prevent him from shaking his daughter’s hand, he falsely told police the school official touched him first, new video reveals. On May 31, Matthew Eddy barged onto the stage at Baraboo High School’s graduation as his daughter was shaking hands […]
Video of a high-school graduation in Wisconsin has gone viral after a father of a white graduate was seen bum-rushing the stage to push the Black superintendent out of the way, with many social media users speculating that racism was at the root of the man’s actions. On May 31, Baraboo High School—about an hour […]
The South-Western City Schools board voted unanimously Saturday to approve Randy Banks, an assistant superintendent in Worthington Schools, as the district’s new superintendent. Banks, who served as principal at several South-Western middle schools earlier in his career, said after Saturday’s board vote at South-Western Career Academy that he is excited to return to the district. […]
The man who disrupted a Wisconsin high school graduation when he stormed the stage and blocked the superintendent from shaking hands with his daughter said he disliked the administrator and wanted to prevent him “from having the satisfaction” of shaking her hand, according to a police report. Matthew Eddy spoke to police at Baraboo High […]
Superintendent Wayne Rodolfich was fired Friday in a 5-1 vote by the board of the Lake Wales Charter Schools. The Lake Wales Charter School District voted 5-1 to fire Superintendent Wayne Rodolfich on Friday after an investigation into complaints that he had created a hostile work environment and racially discriminated against at least one employee. The […]
A video showing a dad pushing a school superintendent as his daughter walks across the graduation stage has gone viral on social media. The 49-year-old Wisconsin man is now facing a disorderly conduct charge following the May 31 graduation, according to court records and the Baraboo School District. McClatchy News is not naming the man […]
A new police report details a white father’s explanation to cops for why he shoved a Black school superintendent off a Wisconsin graduation stage to stop him from shaking his graduating daughter’s hand. The scandal began on May 31, when Matthew Eddy walked onto the stage at Baraboo High School’s graduation as his daughter was […]
A school superintendent in Wisconsin was granted a restraining order against a parent who rushed the stage during a recent high school graduation and blocked the administrator from shaking hands with his daughter. In a temporary order filed Monday, a Dane County Circuit Court commissioner ordered Matthew Eddy to have no contact with the Baraboo Superintendent […]
The parent appeared to push the superintendent out of the way as his daughter received her diploma google maps Baraboo High School A Wisconsin judge granted a temporary restraining order against a high school parent who was seen on video pushing a school superintendent away from his daughter as she received her diploma. The viral […]
Greece Schools Superintendent Kathleen Graupman will retire at the end of 2024, the district announced Wednesday, and will be replaced by Deputy Superintendent Jeremy Smalline. Graupman has led Greece since 2015, making her one of the longest tenured superintendents in Monroe County. Before that she was an administrator in Greece for more than a decade […]
ADRIAN — Nate Parker’s leadership and dedication to the Adrian Public Schools district as its superintendent is what the board of education considered when it provided him with a rating of “Highly Effective” during the superintendent’s annual evaluation. Parker’s mark of “Highly Effective” is a strong endorsement, the district said, of his leadership. He received […]
A Boston-area fifth grade teacher who held a mock slave auction and used a racial epithet during instruction has been placed on paid leave, the local schools superintendent said. Gregory L. Martineau, superintendent of the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough, wrote a letter to parents on Wednesday that detailed the incidents and expressed his […]