La Crosse teachers’ union president Martinez on school board endorsements, new elementary school plans

La Crosse Education Association co-president Jesse Martinez joins to talk about the plans for the new elementary, what it probably won’t be named, plus their process to endorsing school board candidates.

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Martinez is a seventh-grade social studies and math teacher at Logan Middle School, along with being the teachers’ union co-president, so we also talked about some funny stories he’s experienced in the classroom.

In discussing the school board elections, Martinez told us the process for why they endorsed Merideth Garcia, Jeff Jackson and Molly Fuchs. 

Part of that was filling out their questionnaire but only four of the seven candidates — the three listed here, plus Kevin Hundt — took the time to answer the teachers’ union.

In regards to the new elementary school building, Martinez talked about the teachers’ union input into those plans and how they used Northside Elementary as a reference point.