It's fair to say that I've never been totally comfortable with the Oconomowoc Area School District. For a C-grade-level district (per State of Wisconsin test-score records) it spends a lot of money and makes a lot of "We're Really Great" noise. Elmbrook doesn't spend as much and has a helluva lot better academic grade from the State.
Now there may be even more problems. A 17-year veteran of the School Board points a finger at another member of the Board (Dan Raasch) who also happens to be a past President of the local Teachers' Union.
I'll provide a link as the PDF formatting really, really, really dislikes Blogger.
Sandy Shick is the member of the Board who questions some activities of Raasch. She notes that Raasch sent notes to a number of area teachers (and some teachers outside of the District) endorsing THREE candidates for the Board. The question Shick asks is this: how did Raasch obtain those names (including spouse names) and addresses? And who paid for all that?
She also mentions that Raasch seems to have colluded with WEAC Insurance (the State Teachers' Union insurance provider) to ensure that WEAC was the successful bidder on an insurance renewal package.
WEAC was well-known for slimy practices both at the bargaining table and in its insurance business, so nothing would surprise me. On the other hand, we're not at "indictment"-level here.
But it sure does beg for a 3rd-party investigation, doesn't it?
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