Superintendent (name not specified) told the Muskego-Norway School District board on Nov. 10 that the district is changing how guest teachers are checked in after a recent incident at Bailey. The board heard a public comment from parent Denise Whittingstockert, who said a Kelly Services employee was allowed into the building and remained for several hours before concerns were raised.

The superintendent said the district will require every guest teacher to be screened through Raptor before entering any building, replacing a prior practice in which some substitute staff signed in on a list and were screened afterward. "You do not enter our building until you're screened through Raptor," the superintendent said, announcing the procedural change.

The superintendent also said the district has scheduled training for frontline staff with the Muskego Police Department on Dec. 1 to help employees identify people who may be under the influence, distinguish neurodivergent behavior from indicators of impairment, and apply consistent check-in questions and protocols. In addition, the district is exploring a daily-notification upload to a vendor system (referred to in the meeting as a CCAP upload) that would flag outstanding warrants or other criminal-history indicators for guest teachers.

The superintendent described the vendor industry standard as annual background checks for contracted employees and said the district will pursue additional internal screening and onboarding steps, and also meet with other guest-teacher providers before deciding on the next contract. "These are our first steps and iterations of things we're going to do to improve," the superintendent said.

Denise Whittingstockert had asked specifically how often contracted staff are background-checked and when staff training would occur. The superintendent responded with the training date, the Raptor policy change and vendor-notification next steps and invited any family members with further questions to contact district administrators directly. The board did not take formal action on a new vendor contract during the meeting.

What happens next: the superintendent said the district will implement the Raptor-screen-before-entry procedure immediately, hold the Dec. 1 training for frontline staff, continue discussions with guest-teacher providers, and report back before the next contract decision.