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Podcast: La Crosse Talk PM WIZM
Episode: La Crosse superintendent Dr. Engel on closing schools, new grading, truancy
Description: La Crosse Schools superintendent, Dr. Aaron Engel, in studio, as we discussed potentially closing two elementary schools, how the transition to standards based grading is going and what to do as truancy is at an all-time high. Began the show, though, just talking about how kids are hopped up on Halloween candy this time of year, and also asked Engel — a Battalion Commander in the National Guard — how and the unit he commands are feeling with the continued situation in Ukraine and the escalation of war in Israel. In the first segment, we talked about truan...