During January and February of 2023, our own city of Madison hosted a snow-plow naming contest for four new city vehicles: a quad axle brine truck, an MT7 trackless bike path plow, a loader with plow and...

Carlton Jenkins, MMSD’s superintendent for the past three years, recently revealed his decision to retire, effective July 28, 2023, during a district announcement on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. In the...

Kay LeClaire is an individual who goes by they/them pronouns, identifies as “two-spirit,” an Indigenous term for being non-binary, and has claimed heritage from a variety of different groups, including...

On Thursday, January 5, One City Preparatory Academy, a private Madison charter school, announced that it would be closing its 9th and 10th-grade programs mid-year due to staffing shortages. Although...

In the recent weeks, MMSD parents and staff have filed complaints regarding the school food quality and service, citing limited nutritional value, incorrect listing of menu items, and repeated menu items....

On October 3rd, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi revealed a record $834 million budget for the upcoming year. Highlights include $12 million in funding for a new election facility located downtown, a $30...

Marine archaeologist Tamara Thompson was somewhat surprised when she discovered a canoe of Native American origin dating back 1,200 years in November of 2021. More of a surprise however, came when, less...

La Follette, like many other high schools, was set to have their homecoming dance from 7 to 10 pm on October 8, 2022. At around 8:45 pm, a physical altercation broke out between two 14-year-old boys. As...

On September 29th, the MMSD Board of Education (BOE) voted in support of specific language regarding water access. The general policy, which includes health-related topics such as nutrition, physical activity,...

With the fall semester starting, MMSD has begun to receive complaints from teachers, students, and parents alike regarding the quality, quantity, and variety of school lunches being provided to all grade...

As the school year loomed in late August of 2022, MMSD faced a teacher shortage, an issue that continued through the start of school on September first. A few months prior, the district was down over 570...

With the first few weeks of school, MMSD has faced COVID-19 returning at the start of the year. From August 29-September 9, MMSD reported 253 total positive COVID-19 tests, an increase from the early weeks...