Omaha Superintendent Search: Wisconsin educator dealt with unions, protesting teachers

Joe Dejka:

When Wisconsin labor unions swarmed their State Capitol last year in a dispute with the governor, Madison Superintendent Dan Nerad found himself in the thick of it.

The Madison Metropolitan School District offices were about a mile from the Capitol, where unions gathered to protest Gov. Scott Walker's effort to curb collective bargaining.

A representative of the district's teachers union called to inform him that they would be joining the protest the next day and that he had better prepare to close the schools.

"It was like hitting him between the eyes with a hammer," said John Matthews, executive director of Madison Teachers Inc.

Nerad's handling of the situation was praised Tuesday by Matthews and Madison's school board vice president, Marj Passman, and board president, James Howard.

Madison Superintendent Dan Nerad's Omaha job application (450K PDF).

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Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 28, 2012 8:35 PM
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