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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

No Threats to Muskego Schools, but Plans for 2013 Beef Up Security

Since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, a few area districts have received threats; while Muskego schools haven't received any, preparations are underway to increase security precautions in 2013

Less than a week after the tragic shooting of 20 kindergartners and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary, area school districts have begun to receive threats of their own, and all are being taken seriously. Waukesha South and North principals said there are rumors on Facebook about "something bad happening" at the school. Oak Creek Superintendent Sara Burmeister said threats of violence at their high school is not considered credible, but the Oak Creek Police Department is taking it seriously and investigating. Late Tuesday, Hamilton School District administrators received calls from parents who were hearing rumors from their children of a potential threat as well. However, Muskego High School Principal Ryan Oertel said no such …

Friday, December 14, 2012

27 Dead in Connecticut School Shooting

Local and state police in Newtown, CT, were called to an elementary schoo this morning after a gunman opened fire at the school.

Twenty seven people are dead, including 18 children, at a Connecticut elementary school after a 20-year-old man went on a shooting rampage. The shooting happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, a town of about 28,000 people an hour outside of Stamford. Newtown Police were called to the school at about 9:30 a.m. Eastern time after receiving a 911 call. They alerted Connecticut State Police and authorities began an active shooter investigation once they arrived at the school, according to Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance. Authorities held a press conference at 1 p.m. and said students and staff at the school were killed and that the gunman was found dead inside the school. They did not confirm the number of …

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Ed Holladay

2:54 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Working toward a degree gets you in to be a teacher... that does not sound right. If you like that salary you can send your kid off to teach, not me. Not at tuition of 10k at least a year for 4 or 5 years. I suppose we could cut teacher pay to 20k and cops to 30k and then hire psychologists at 25k. Maybe there are enough desperadoes to work for those sort of wages, even after 4-5 (6 for …   more ›

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