This is not the location of Edgewood High School...it is where Middleton High School is located ...read more

Good School. Too Many students but the teachers are great (Katherine Hoeksma, Tina Sugar, Mrs Michaels). Though the attached middle school has poor leardership and a dangerous teacher. ...read more

A teacher at Madison's Whitehorse Middle School was placed on administrative leave today following an incident in which a student's father says the teacher squeezed and burned the 7th-grader's hand as she held a wood-burning pen during his class.\t\n\t\nThe school district confirmed this morning that a teacher at the east side middle school is not teaching today and will not be in school pending completion of an investigation into what happened during his class Wednesday.\t\n\t\nBecause there have been no charges filed and the investigation into the incident is pending, The Capital Times is not identifying the teacher.\t\n\t\nDistrict spokesman Joe Quick said it is common practice for staff to be put on leave while an investigation involving a personnel issue is under way.\t\n\t\nIn addition to the Madison school district's investigation, the Madison Police Department was at Whitehorse Wednesday afternoon in response to the incident, but department spokesman Joel DeSpain said this morning that no arrests were made and that the incident has been turned over to the schools for follow-up. As of this morning, no police report was available for review.\t\n\t\nThe 7th-grader's father contacted The Capital Times and said his daughter was treated at University Hospital Wednesday. He said that photos of her hand were taken and that X-rays taken during the examination showed that the 12-year-old student suffered soft tissue damage but no apparent broken bones. He said his daughter suffered first-degree burns from the pen.\t\n\t\nAccording to the father, the incident took place at the end of shop class when the teacher was trying to hurry students during cleanup.\t\n\t\nThe teacher "says it was an accident and that he told the students twice to clean up. Our daughter said she didn't hear him. Apparently he got mad, grabbed her hand and squeezed it while she was holding the wood-burning pen," the father said.\t\n\t\nEfforts to reach the teacher this morning were unsuccessful because he has no listed phone ...read more