A friend forwarded me a link to a story on the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser Web site that shows that former New Glarus school district Superintendent Barbara Thompson has gotten off to a rocky start as leader of the Montgomery's public schools. There is a controversy there over the status of her doctorate degree.
Some school board members are accusing Thompson of misusing the title "Dr." on school stationery and by allowing people to call her the title without having earned a Ph.D. Thompson is enrolled at UW-Madison, where she is taking her dissertation research seminar, she told the newspaper. Her resume and application when she applied for the superintendent's post with Montgomery Public Schools showed her "projected" completion date as August 2009, the Montgomery Advertiser reported.
It has been pointed out to me that Thompson used the title "Dr." in New Glarus, as well, though I don't recall it being a point of contention here.
Ms. Thompson's arrival in Montgomery was controversial, as she was hired by a 4-3 vote of the school board. It will be interesting to follow whether her tenure there becomes more smooth with time.
Here is a link to another story about the dispute, and you can find letters to the editor about the issue by doing a simple search on the Montgomery Advertiser site.
From Rep. Brett Davis' Facebook page: The 80th Assembly District representative and his wife, Amy, welcome their third child into the world on Tuesday night, Samuel Hunter Davis. "Dad is proud," Davis said on his Facebook wall.
A Monroe attorney, Katy Lounsbury is representing a former Town of Rome police officer who has claimed she was discharged from the department as retaliation because she had complained of gender discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Wednesday forwarded a charge of retaliation by the Adams County town's police department to the U.S. Department of Justice. Here is a link to the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune's story about the matter.
Lounsbury is a labor and employment attorney with Ehlke, Gartzke, Bero-Lehmann & Lounsbury, S.C., which has offices in Monroe and New Glarus
I'll be one of the panelists in tonight's Forum on News Media and the Democracy at the Gunderson Stiles Concert Hall at the Monroe Arts Center. The moderator is Peter Fox, executive director of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and a New Glarus resident. The panel also will include James Baughman, former director of the UW-Madison School of Journalism; Tom Bier, station manager at Channel 3 in Madison; Scott Thompson, attorney and owner of Big Radio; and Brady Williamson, attorney at Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
The forum starts at 7 p.m., and is followed by a reception in the Frehner Gallery. Hope to see you there!
Some school board members are accusing Thompson of misusing the title "Dr." on school stationery and by allowing people to call her the title without having earned a Ph.D. Thompson is enrolled at UW-Madison, where she is taking her dissertation research seminar, she told the newspaper. Her resume and application when she applied for the superintendent's post with Montgomery Public Schools showed her "projected" completion date as August 2009, the Montgomery Advertiser reported.
It has been pointed out to me that Thompson used the title "Dr." in New Glarus, as well, though I don't recall it being a point of contention here.
Ms. Thompson's arrival in Montgomery was controversial, as she was hired by a 4-3 vote of the school board. It will be interesting to follow whether her tenure there becomes more smooth with time.
Here is a link to another story about the dispute, and you can find letters to the editor about the issue by doing a simple search on the Montgomery Advertiser site.
From Rep. Brett Davis' Facebook page: The 80th Assembly District representative and his wife, Amy, welcome their third child into the world on Tuesday night, Samuel Hunter Davis. "Dad is proud," Davis said on his Facebook wall.
A Monroe attorney, Katy Lounsbury is representing a former Town of Rome police officer who has claimed she was discharged from the department as retaliation because she had complained of gender discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Wednesday forwarded a charge of retaliation by the Adams County town's police department to the U.S. Department of Justice. Here is a link to the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune's story about the matter.
Lounsbury is a labor and employment attorney with Ehlke, Gartzke, Bero-Lehmann & Lounsbury, S.C., which has offices in Monroe and New Glarus
I'll be one of the panelists in tonight's Forum on News Media and the Democracy at the Gunderson Stiles Concert Hall at the Monroe Arts Center. The moderator is Peter Fox, executive director of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and a New Glarus resident. The panel also will include James Baughman, former director of the UW-Madison School of Journalism; Tom Bier, station manager at Channel 3 in Madison; Scott Thompson, attorney and owner of Big Radio; and Brady Williamson, attorney at Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
The forum starts at 7 p.m., and is followed by a reception in the Frehner Gallery. Hope to see you there!
