By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//August 29, 2013//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Civil
Labor — employee discipline — arbitration
This case arises from a group grievance filed by the Middleton Education Association (the union) challenging whether there was just cause for the discipline imposed by the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District and Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education (collectively, the district) upon seven teachers for viewing and sharing on school computers emails containing sexually explicit pictures and inappropriate jokes. The district appeals a circuit court order that confirmed an arbitrator’s decision to modify the discipline imposed upon three of the teachers. We affirm for the reasons discussed below. This opinion will not be published.
2012AP2395 Middleton Education Association v. Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, et al.
Dist IV, Dane County, Foust, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys: For Appellant: Nusslock, Kathy L., Milwaukee; Strang, Kirk D., Madison; For Respondent: Haus, William, Madison