Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Board member Sandy Gehrke says proposed board policy changes would infringe on the first amendment rights and "result in the gagging of its board members."
UPDATE (10:20 p.m., Oct. 9, 2012): The Hudson School District Board of Education voted to approve a motion to table multiple policy revision recommendations that drew criticism from board member Sandy Gehrke. The recommendations will be referred to an ad hoc board committee for further study. Sandy Gehrke made the motion and Dan Tjornehoj seconded. It passed 6-1 with Mark Kaisersatt dissenting. --- UPDATE (7:20 p.m., Oct. 9, 2012): Seven PDFs have been added to this post that show the policy changes that are expected to be proposed by attorney Mick Waldspurger later during tonight's school board meeting. --- ORIGINAL POST (3:43 p.m., Oct. 9, 2012): Hudson School District Board of Education member Sandy Gehrke issued a press release Tuesday…
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Did Sandy Gehrke tell the truth when she denied knowledge of the district's comparability study on wages? Read the transcript, read Gehrke's rebuttal document, view the meeting video and decide for yourself.
On Monday, July 9, Hudson School District Board of Education Attorney Mick Waldspurger interviewed Board Member Sandy Gehrke as part of an investigation, which on July 10, found that Gehrke engaged in improper conversations with a district employee. WATCH THE MEETING VIDEO This post contains a transcript of Waldspurger's investigation interview and a rebuttal document from Gehrke. Portions of the transcript were redacted by the Hudson School District to protect the identities of district employees discussed. Gehrke's request to obtain the full interview audio recording was rejected, as was her request to publicly dispute the findings during the Aug. 14 board meeting. One of multiple findings Waldspurger made on July 10, was that Gerhke …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
An independent investigation has found that a member of the Hudson School District Board of Education violated board policies while speaking with a district employee about personnel matters.
An independent investigation has found that a member of the Hudson School District Board of Education engaged in improper conversations with a district employee. According to the investigation findings presented to the board at its July 10 meeting by attorney Mick Waldspurger, school board member Sandy Gehrke broke district policy when she directly questioned a district employee about personnel matters. Waldspurger presented the following allegations: Waldspurger presented the following findings: Waldspurger presented the following conclusions: "Such conduct is very troubling and shows, in my opinion, disregard for the district's interests and the interests of its employees," Waldspurger said. "... This is extremely unusual conduct. ... I …
Jim Schrock
4:22 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012
Truthometer: I could not access the article with the link, so I found it another way: http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/parents-ask-school-board-to-fire-prairie-du-chien-superintendent/article_0acf671e-14e9-11e2-9259-0019bb2963f4.html Very interesting! Thank You. more ›