Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Milwaukee-area financial sector CEO launched a recall effort against board members and has advocated against middle school schedule changes.
The parent who led a recall effort against three Fox Point-Bayside School Board members is now seeking an open seat on the board. Milwaukee-area financial sector CEO David Braeger announced Wednesday that he is seeking the board's appointment to the seat that will soon be left empty by School Board President Debbie Friberg. Braeger, a parent of two children, filed paperwork May 8 to launch recall efforts against Friberg, Vice President Tim Melchert and member Alice Lawton. He later dropped the recall effort because he did not want to damage the school district's reputation. Braeger said he believes he is well-suited for the position because he is willing to take risks, ask hard questions, hold regular meetings with residents and teachers …
Some school officials want to return to the existing class schedule, but a decision will not be reached until May 30.
Some Fox Point-Bayside School Board members have come out against proposed schedule changes at Bayside Middle School that would reduce art, general music, technology and physical education classes in favor of more time for math and one-on-one mentoring. The board has spent the last several weeks debating the scheduling changes, which school officials say would give students the math skills to succeed on a new state test that will replace the WKCE next school year. Currently Fox Point-Bayside currently offers 43 minutes per day of math, which is less than what the Department of Public Instruction recommends. The district would also add a 30-minute "flex period" to address the government-mandated Response to Intervention program that …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The president of the Fox Point-Bayside School District plans to move to North Carolina on June 15.
Debbie Friberg will be stepping down from the Fox Point-Bayside School Board, as her family is moving to Charlotte, North Carolina on June 15. First elected in 2009, Friberg was appointed to the role of board president one month ago. She said she is excited to move to Charlotte, but her departure is not without mixed emotions. Superintendent Rachel Boechler said it has been a pleasure working with Friberg. "She has put in a lot of time and energy, specifically because it's been a very tumultuous time, but also because she led the search for our new district administrator," Boechler said. Board member Alice Lawton agreed that Friberg was instrumental in the hiring of Vance Dalzin. "Without your incredible diligence and hard work this …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Parent David Braeger is withdrawing his effort to recall three School Board members after he says outside groups were using the district as a "poster child," and a prominent teacher expressed confidence in the board.
Parent David Braeger has scraped his effort to recall three members of the Fox Point-Bayside School Board, saying that his attemp was starting to hurt the image of the district. “When I put in for the recall, I started to receive a lot of attention from outside special-interest groups in Madison that focus on the protection of arts in our schools," Braeger said in a statement Monday. "Although I am in total agreement with their cause, I can’t let these highly organized groups use our community and school as the 'poster child' of weakened curriculum and schedule." Braeger, a Milwaukee-area financial sector CEO who has two children in the district, filed paperwork May 8 to launch recall efforts against board President Debbie Friberg, Vice …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Following two rounds of public hearings last week, the Fox Point-Bayside School Board laid off three teachers.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Following two rounds of public hearings last week, the Fox Point-Bayside School Board laid off three teachers.
Following two rounds of public hearings last week, the Fox Point-Bayside School Board spared the jobs of seven of 10 district staff issued preliminary layoff notices. Among the layoffs finalized by the board in closed session was that of sixth-grade math teacher Sue Haferkorn, Fox PointNOW reports — whom teachers and parents passionately pleaded with school officials to retain during a the first round of hearings on May 7. Part-time teachers, Katie Tyk and Laurence Mala, were also laid off, though they are encouraged to reapply for their jobs, which are both set to expand to full-time positions in 2013-14, according to NOW. For weeks, parents and teachers have packed meetings to protest planned reductions to arts, general music, physical …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
After weeks of voicing opposition to proposed changes to district programs and school officials not reversing course , parent David Braeger says he will move forward with a recall effort targeting members of the School Board.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
After weeks of voicing opposition to proposed changes to district programs and school officials not reversing course , parent David Braeger says he will move forward with a recall effort targeting members of the School Board.
David Braeger says he is out of options. Alongside teachers and parents, he has attended packed Fox Point-Bayside School District meetings to voice his opposition to cuts in arts, general music, physical education and technology programs. And, he has asked for a conference with district officials with no response. The School Board has forced his hand. Braeger, a Milwaukee-area financial sector CEO who has two children in the district, filed paperwork Wednesday morning to launch recall efforts against board President Debbie Friberg, Vice President Tim Melchert and member Alice Lawton. "We have a District Administrator who is leaving, and we have three remaining members of the School Board who were not recently elected that are nothing more…
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Parent David Braeger is giving the Fox Point-Bayside School Board one week to reverse course on proposed reductions in music, art and other programs. If they don't, he's vowing to launch a recall effort against three board members.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Parent David Braeger is giving the Fox Point-Bayside School Board one week to reverse course on proposed reductions in music, art and other programs. If they don't, he's vowing to launch a recall effort against three board members.
David Braeger is giving the Fox Point-Bayside School Board an ultimatum. Rescind on proposed scheduling changes to art, technology, music and physical education programs in the district or he'll launch a recall effort against members of the board. Braeger, a Milwaukee-area financial sector CEO who has two children in the district, said the board has one week to drop what he characterizes as "horrendous cuts." Otherwise, he'll move forward with a recall targeting board President Debbie Friberg, Vice President Tim Melchert and member Alice Lawton. "We don’t have much time," he said. "If in a week, nothing changes, I have to do this for the teachers and children. We are in do-or-die time." The proposed changes to the art, technology, music …
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