🎒 Principals removed from elementary school

🗳️ Jill Biden To Campaign in Madison

• Dr. Jill Biden will campaign in Madison on Monday for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign as part of a nationwide tour of battleground states.
• The First Lady’s visit is the latest in a string of high-profile appearances to support the Democratic campaign. Jill Walz, the wife of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, will be in Madison Wednesday, and President Joe Biden was in Milwaukee on Tuesday. [WMTV]

🎒 Southside Elementary Principals Removed After Staff Complaints

• Two principals have been removed from their positions at Southside Elementary School after staff complained that the leaders had created an untenable environment at the school.
• In an email to parents, Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Joe Gothard said Principal Candace Terrell and Assistant Principal Annabel Torres are not serving at the school “until further notice.”
• Staff and parents complained that students who misbehaved were taken out of class without instruction, sometimes for weeks. Staff said they’ve faced disciplinary consequences for speaking out. [Cap Times]

🚨 Hate Crimes at UW More Than Doubled in 2023

• The number of hate crimes on the UW-Madison campus doubled from six to 14 in 2023, according to a federally-mandated report of campus crime statistics.
• A UW police spokesperson called the report “a bit of an anomaly,” because one incident, in which a man threatened a group of students with anti-Asian and anti-Arab comments, had six victims listed.
• Nationwide, hate crimes on college campuses increased 38%between 2018 and 2022, according to a 2024 FBI study. Black students were the most frequent target, followed by Jewish and LGBTQ+ students. [Isthmus]

⬆️ Last Week’s Answer

The sign is outside Short Stack Eatery at 301 W. Johnson St. And the beer being advertised, of course, is Schiltz, the Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous!

🎉Congratulations to Audra C. for being the first one to get it right!

⬇️ This Week’s Photo

Where do you think this photo was taken? A few clues:

• If you aren’t a regular bike rider around Madison, you might not have seen this.
• Past the tentacles, you can see the playground equipment for a school named after a famed naturalist.
• The name of the path that this sculpture is on might remind people more of diving than of biking.