(Cell Phone Photo By Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
KENOSHA, Wis. — Scott Hodges, a longtime lightning rod within the Kenosha Unified School District, has resigned from his position, according to the July 22, 2025 school board agenda. His departure closes a turbulent chapter marked by controversy, questionable leadership decisions, and allegations of turning a blind eye to serious misconduct.
The first major scandal involving Hodges surfaced in 2022, when district leaders discovered that he had secretly been working on a private charter school project, dubbed “KTEC High School,” while employed by KUSD. Internal records show that Hodges accepted payments for his involvement—a clear violation of district policy. Then‑Superintendent Bethany Ormseth issued him a final warning to cease the work or face termination. Despite the seriousness of the misconduct, Hodges was allowed to remain in his leadership role.
Not long after, Hodges drew scrutiny again while serving as principal at Kenosha School of Technology Enhanced Curriculum (KTEC). Multiple parents and staff accused him of ignoring reports that teacher Christian Enwright was grooming a 12‑year‑old student. Despite repeated warnings, Hodges failed to act decisively to protect the child, allowing the behavior to continue unchecked until law enforcement and outside pressure forced the district’s hand.
Instead of removing Hodges from leadership, KUSD reassigned him in 2024 to Tremper High School as an assistant principal—a move many in the community criticized as insensitive to Enwright’s victim and her family. Parents and staff called the transfer a demotion in title only, arguing that the district appeared more concerned with shielding its administrators than holding them accountable.
The controversy surrounding Hodges only deepened when he was named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit stemming from the Enwright case. The suit, brought by the victim’s family, alleges negligence, civil rights violations, and Title IX failures, with plaintiffs seeking $100 million in damages. Hodges is one of several current and former district officials named in the case, which is ongoing in federal court.
Adding to the gravity of the scandal, Christian J. Enwright has now been sentenced to 15 months in jail, along with three years of probation, after pleading guilty to 15 counts of disorderly conduct connected to a months‑long grooming campaign targeting a student. The judge explicitly denied leniency, warning about the seriousness of the violations.
Throughout his tenure, Hodges was widely seen as a divisive figure in KUSD. Staff accused him of lacking classroom and administrative experience (other than being a lego teacher), parents complained of dismissive leadership, and community members questioned why he was promoted despite his track record.
His resignation, now formalized in district records, brings to an end a career defined less by accomplishment than by controversy. For many families, especially those touched by the Enwright case, the exit comes years too late. Hodges’ wife, Airielle Hodges, a teacher at Tremper, also resigned from KUSD. Her resignation was noticed on the June 24, 2025 school board meeting agenda.
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12 Responses
Bring in the next overpaid incompetent donkey.
Let’s check on him in a year.
What kind of retirement package did he get?
I see a post on the KTEC Schools of Innovation FB page on July 10th welcoming Airielle Hodges to the team, so she didn’t leave the KUSD!!
Ktech isn’t KUSD.
Yea she did! Ktec innovations is not part of KUSD! It’s own public school system very separate from KUSD.
KTEC is not part of KUSD anymore.
My mistake. It’s a charter school, not part of the KUSD.
That is the school her husband helped create. Double dipped salary.
What’s going on with the substitute Poyner?
He should have been fired! There needs to be better policies in the schools to hold these people accountable and stop allowing them to just “retire”. They will just go do the same thing somewhere else.
The question is, did he just move to another district, state? If so, another reason DPI needs to take stronger stances on reporting of educators / administrators like him.