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KUSD Assistant Principal Placed on Administrative Leave

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Mercilie Toney - Assistant Principal, Indian Trail High School and Academy

KENOSHA, Wis. — A Kenosha Unified School District assistant principal has been placed on administrative leave, according to the district’s chief communications officer.

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Kevin Mathewson is a disciple of Christ, husband and a father to two wonderful children. Mathewson was born and raised in Lake County, IL and worked as a police & fire dispatcher from 2005 to 2010 in Round Lake Beach, IL. Mathewson moved to Kenosha County in 2006, later being elected to the position of Alderman of the 8th District in 2012 and 2016. Mathewson is a private investigator, security contractor, journalist, and photographer. He enjoys spending time with his family, watching movies, camping and boating. His favorite amendment is the second, followed closely by the first. He loves his country and community.
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    1. !!!!!!! ………… GET … YOUR …. KIDS …. OUT …. OF ….. PUBLIC …. SCHOOLS …….. !!!!!!!

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  3. How can anyone defend KUSD at this point? The Kenosha unified school district is a complete and total disaster!

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    1. Get rid of the superintendent. know what you are voting for. Stop allowing schools to be torn down.
      don’t just vote get people that know what they are doing . Do you realize how much money that has been wasted this year with poor management!

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  8. Pull your children out of this cult, it does NOT exist for their benefit, just theirs. Worst school district EVERS!

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  10. I remember when Jabba had princess Leia dressed in the space bikini and chained up. Looks a lot worse here..

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  11. Highly recommend private school if you can these days. KUSDs hiring is painful to watch these days

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    1. Private schools aren’t always that great either. Kevin, you should look into Kenosha Montessori School. What a mess.

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    1. How do we know that this isn’t, “doing something”?
      So far all we know is that school officials have taken her out of the school for a while, maybe that’s exactly what we would be yelling for if we knew what was going on? I’ll wait until I know what’s going on before I start throwing knives at random.

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    2. Nope they all think everybody’s dumb and cant think for themselves. The amount of gaslighting from this school district is astounding

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  15. Man it sucks being a white male, we can’t get away with nothing. I have seen ghetto black coworkers talk shit and do stupid shit, and do the bare minimum and they kept their jobs. But if you’re a white man, the leash is short, double freakin standard all the time.

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