LA CROSE TALK PM: La Crosse teachers’ union president Martinez on “summers off,” new grading, teacher exodus

La Crosse Education Association president Jesse Martinez joined La Crosse Talk PM on Monday.

La Crosse Talk PM airs weekdays at 5:07 p.m. Listen on the WIZM app, online here, or on 92.3 FM / 1410 AM 106.7 FM (north of Onalaska)

We hit on on a host of topics with the teachers’ union president, including the number of teacher-contract positions that have left the school district, a new way of grading, how grand it is for teachers to have summers off and teacher pay.

Martinez is heading into his eighth year at Logan Middle School, where he teaches seventh-grade science, social studies and Spanish immersion.