Video: Parents Voice Concerns About District Administrator's Judgment

Despite complaints, School Board offers Rachel Boechler another two-year contract.

For more than an hour, parents in the Fox Point-Bayside School District voiced strong concerns about District Rachel Boechler and a newspaper article that said she failed to report an affair between a student and teacher when she was a counselor in Wauwatosa in the early 1990s. The vote to extend Boechler's contract for two more years came after parents called on her to resign. As parents and teachers peppered Boechler with criticism, the superintendent remained silent throughout, keeping her eyes down on the paper in front of her. After the meeting ended, however, Boechler talked to Patch about the concerns raised Monday. "Some of this is the first time I've heard this," she said. "I am aware there's fear in the faculty. There's fear …

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TOTAL RECALL: State Senate Showdown

As Election Day Nears, Allegations of Wrongdoing Fly Free

Democrats ask state to investigate possible collusion between Darling and outside groups - the latest of nearly half a dozen other complaints against both sides made this week.

In the midst of a week full of accusations of wrongdoing by both political parties, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Thursday filed a complaint with the state Government Accountability Board, accusing Republican Sen. Alberta Darling of covering up of collusion with several special-interest groups. The party is alleging that Darling has had e-mail coordination with four conservative outside groups and she hasn't yet responded to open records requests the party filed on July 13. The complaint alleges collusion with conservative groups - Americans For Prosperity, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Right to Life and American Federation for Children. "Darling's refusal is an intentional coverup of her illegal collusion," the complaint states. …

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Bob McBride

11:09 am on Friday, August 5, 2011

Then again they're probably pretty busy today trying to fabricate a correlation between a lack of jobs in Milwaukee's central city and the attacks at State Fair last night.   more ›