WI: Hustisford warns all teachers of layoffs, including Senate majority leader's wife

The Hustisford School Board approved giving preliminary layoff notices to all 34 members of its teachers union, including the wife of state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, superintendent Jeremy Biehl confirmed Thursday. The board took the action in advance of Gov. Scott Walker's release of the state budget and the statutory deadline for issuing such notices "to give themselves complete flexibility," Biehl said. Hustisford administrators had recommended issuing the notices to five staff members. "It's not something I take lightly," said Fitzgerald, whose wife, Lisa, is the district's only guidance counselor. "It will have an effect on our life."