Hang on to your wallet, Elmbrook taxpayers
Elmbrook’s going to start pushing an operational referendum. Why else would they be pandering stories like this one? There’s going to be a push for fake enrollment via open enrollment and 220 and 4k....
View ArticleThe ever-changing ballot
It looks like Bielinski, the most unknown of the Brookfield mayoral candidates, is withdrawing from the race. From the MJS: In Brookfield, the former police officer-turned-Mayor Jeff Speaker is facing...
View ArticlePPMS arrest rumor
There’s chatter that three 8th graders were arrested at the Elmbrook middle school. Anyone know anything?
View ArticleWhat’s a little footsie among construction gurus and taxpayers?
From a very astute reader: I may just be overly sensitive – but it bothers me that Boldt Consulting, C.G. Schmidt Construction and Plunkett Raysich Architects are sponsoring the upcoming Elmbrook...
View ArticlePolitifact deserves to be schooled
They do a miserable job today of arguing for 4K. First they say: The studies are from 2006, which is not all that recent. And both are from groups that come at issues from a particular point of view,...
View ArticleElmbrook board manipulates the agenda on 4K
They’ve pushed the vote back from tonight to, oh, yes, March 8. You know why? Me either, but I’m getting a little suspicious. You see, the election is April 5th, and I proposed to a couple of members...
View ArticleElmbrook’s budget bonanza
Billed as yet another “listening session” the budget woes are still in Elmbrook School District’s focus. Except they keep postponing really important decisions like 4K, closing schools, and moving...
View ArticleHow I’ll be voting tomorrow
Statewide: David T. Prosser, Jr. for Justice of the Supreme Court I probably don’t have to explain this one. Yes, I think he’ll win. No, I don’t think it will be a landslide. County: Kathy Stilling for...
View ArticleElmbrook: Pretty buildings make for better students
Or not. The proof certainly isn’t in the scoring. While the administration is quick to dismiss the data as unimportant (this time anyway because it’s somewhat embarrassing), taxpayers should remember...
View ArticleMaking the list
Congratulations to Elmbrook School District for having both of their high schools on The Daily Beast’s list of America’s Best High Schools. They rank 2,000 public schools. The list is based on six...
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