The Middleton-Cross Plains School District is offering congratulations to Sarah Woody, an eighth grader at Glacier Creek.

Woody placed 9th at the State Spelling Bee.

The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District has been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as an ENERGY STAR leader for superior energy efficiency in each of its ten schools for 2010.

The district received EPA's "Top Performer" and "20 Percent" awards.

"The students and staff of MCPASD should be proud that their efforts and commitment to conserving energy is being recognized beyond our community" said Tom Wohlleber, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services. 

Read more about the awards at the Middleton-Cross Plains School District website.

After three days of failed negotiations in mid-March, the Middleton Teachers Assocation has filed a lawsuit against the Middleton-Cross Plains School District claiming that the district did not bargain in good faith.

"We don't trust them," said MEA attorney Willie Haus. "They have not earned one iota of our trust."

"Over the past contract term of two years, the district has incurred arbitration expenses in excess of $240,000," said School Board President Ellen Lindgren.

The MEA claims that unlike other area school districts that agreed to contracts with teachers unions with fiscal concessions, the district presented a contract that would require fiscal concessions in addition to making other changes to the contract.

"They act like (Gov.) Walker's law is already in place and they are going to take full advantage of it," Haus said.