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MHS Renovation Committee Needs to Focus on Building, Not Campaigning

The Madison Central School District's renovation study committee had its first meeting Wednesday night. School board member Ryan Hegg, who sits on this committee, demonstrates in the paper that he's still focused on rerunning the old plan: We're trying to…

Fight Jock Culture: Fix Your School, Build a Library

The erudite Mr. Gebhart directs my attention to this fine essay on jock culture, which reminds me of the deep cultural reason I don't want to see our high school renovation swallowed up in another plan to build a new…

New Madison High School Facility Committee Meets Wednesday

Steam Train A-Comin'? Among its actions at last week's monthly meeting, the Madison Central School Board revealed the names of its new High School Facility Committee. The nifty nine: Administrators: superintendent Vince Schaefer, HS principal Sharon Knowlton, activities director Bud…

Madison Resumes High School Renovation Discussion

Discussion of renovating the high school was not explicitly on the agenda for the Madison Central School Board's first meeting of AY2012, but it came up. During the appointment of the standing committees, superintendent Vince Schaefer said he wants the…

Why Graduate in Your High School Gym? See the World!

One of the big selling points heard around Madison during the failed campaigns to build a luxury gym onto Madison High School is that our kids need to graduate from their own high school instead of having to trundle off…

Madison Considers 3.3% Net Cut to School Budget

The Madison Central School Board meets tomorrow night to consider its Fiscal Year 2012 budget. The net damage, courtesy of Senator Russell Olson and Governor Dennis Daugaard: a 3.3% reduction from FY 2011 expenditures: FY2011 FY2012 change General Fund $6,997,977…

City Ends Debate on New Gym for Madison HS

If you listened to the city commission candidates forum Tuesday night, you heard incumbents Scott Delzer and Dick Ericsson put the kabosh on talk of spending city dollars on a new gym for Madison High School. Last night's Madison Daily…

Madison School Board Candidate Videos Part 3: Second Bond Issue?

See all April 5 forum video: School Board Candidates: Intros Trim the Budget? 2nd bond issue? Cory's Temper? Expand the Gym? Closers City Commission Candidates In Part 3 of Tuesday's Madison Central school board candidates' forum, emcee John Knuths asks…