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Home » Press Releases » Wisconsin Education Association Council: Statement on dismissal of Melissa Tempel’s federal lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a First Amendment lawsuit filed by former Waukesha first-grade teacher Melissa Tempel. The following statement can be attributed to Peggy Wirtz-Olsen, teacher and president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council. “After 23 years of teaching, Melissa Tempel was terminated from her job at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha for advocating against excluding the M...