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Mecha disaffiliates from UW-Madison
Mecha de Teejop, formerly Mecha de UW-Madison, announced their independence from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Thursday. The organization disaffiliated on June 17 after they were suspended by Dean of Students Christina Olstad on May 6 during a Committee on Student Organizations (CSO) investigation into antisemitic chalkings found at the Dane County Farmers’ Market.
Clinton, Madison schools collaborating in providing business, human resource services
As of Monday, July 1, a partnership is now underway between Clinton Community Schools and the Madison School District through which employees of Madison will provide comprehensive school business and human resources services to Clinton schools. After 21 years of service to the Clinton district, business manager Carol Wahl provided notice she will be retiring from the district on Dec. 31, 2024. ...
OHS alum Buskager graduates from Next Gen Responder Academy
After graduating from Oregon High School last month, Brook Buskager could have taken it easy for a while. Instead, he enrolled - and recently graduated from - Madison College’s NextGen Responder Academy, a program for high school juniors and seniors to be licensed as emergency medical responders and firefighters.
Moore joins Galin Scholars program
Sidney Moore, a rising junior at the Verona Area High School (VAHS), has been selected to participate in the second cohort of the Galin Scholars college preparation program. Moore will join Orenella Adanhou, a rising VAHS senior, as two of the nine total program participants from Verona. According to a...
“A massive disconnect.” UW unenrolls student with disability from precollege program
The University of Wisconsin has excluded a 14-year-old ninth grader from a precollege summer program because it is unable to accommodate the student’s disabilities, Madison365 has learned. Nikhita Steward-Trivedi, a rising ninth grader in Beaver Dam, was accepted into UWs Accelerated Learning Program (ALP), a three-week residential program for...
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