Thursday, Sept. 15
A major donation from VH1’s Save the Music Foundation and Madison-based Musicnotes.com brings 36 new stringed instruments, worth $35,000, to fifth-grade students at Sandburg Elementary.
Dane County’s Latino leaders announce a “call to action” to address the issues facing the community with a “holistic, multi-generation strategy” to reduce long-term poverty rates. The Latino community is the largest non-white demographic in Dane County — and the fastest-growing.
Monday, Sept. 19
A local charter school, Isthmus Montessori Academy, wants to become part of the Madison School District. School board members are discussing the school’s request, and a vote is scheduled for Sept. 26. The school made a similar pitch in 2014 but was unsuccessful.
Tuesday, Sept. 20
The nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign files an IRS complaint against conservative group Wisconsin Club for Growth for engaging in “deceptive and improper fundraising practices and [engaging] in political campaigns as its primary activity.”
The Madison Common Council votes 11-7 to reject Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposal to ban sleeping on certain downtown sidewalks between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
David Michael Miller
Following recent community debates over the role of school-based police officers, the Madison School Board proposes a “compromise” that would keep officers in Madison’s four biggest high schools.
The Dane County Public Protection and Judiciary Committee unanimously recommends a $4.4 million resolution to fix safety hazards in the Dane County Jail, located in the aging City County Building.
Madison Police Chief Mike Koval gets nominated for “Top Cop’s Top Cop,” a recognition from the state Department of Justice.
