Balistreri Documents

I've been getting some Google hits from people looking for info on the documents to be released today on Milwaukee school board member Tom Balistreri.

I don't know if the docs are released yet, and I'm not likely to get a copy of them.

However, scuttlebut around the district says they're probably sexual harassment complaints. Balistreri's roving eye (and maybe hands) are not that big a secret.

But you didn't hear it from me.

Update: You heard it from the newspaper.

This will make waves

Tom Balistreri is resiging from the Milwaukee Public Schools board:

Balistreri, a vocal critic of Superintendent William Andrekopoulos, had less than a year left of his four-year term. He said in a statement and an afternoon interview that he decided to resign solely because of health issues, not political ones.

"It's strictly that I've got to get on a very regimented program to take care of my health," Balistreri said. He is diabetic and had open-heart surgery a year ago.

What kind of waves, I don't have time to speculate on. But, as far as things go, this is a big one.

Also, yes, I've seen the first several of the reports on MPS high schools, including today's, which is in part about my school. They seem accurate. If I didn't have finals this week and a ton of work packing up for the summer, I'd say more now. As it is, I will say more later.