MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – A judge grants a temporary restraining order filed by Baraboo School District’s superintendent against the parent who rushed the stage, pushing him at graduation.
In the restraining order petition filed by Dr. Rainey Briggs, Briggs describes what happened at the ceremony.
“On the night of May 31, 2024, the Baraboo High School was having their high school graduation. At about 8:50p.m., M****** approached the stage quickly and put both of his hands on me to push me out of the way stating “you are not going to touch my (expletive) daughter.” At that time I created space and stated “get your hands off me.” M****** then began to push and pry at me and I again put my hands out to keep M****** away from me. This took place in front of 2-3 thousand people.”
15 News has chosen to not name the parent at this time since no charges have been filed.
The School District of Baraboo School Board is condemning the act of a parent who charged onto the stage of a graduation ceremony last week.
The school district recounted the ceremony, saying a parent of one of the graduates charged the stage and was physically aggressive with Superintendent Rainey Briggs before a school resource officer and two off-duty officers stepped in. The individual was referred to the Sauk County District Attorney’s Office for disorderly conduct.
“No employee of the School District of Baraboo should fear for their physical safety when fulfilling their job duties or at any other time,” the school board stated. “That this adult felt emboldened to behave in this way in front of hundreds of students and other adults should deeply trouble us all; this type of behavior will not be tolerated.”
The School Board statement explained it values civil discourse about how to best provide education to students, and that adults in students’ lives should provide models of how to talk about those values as students prepare to be engaged members of the community.
The parent was not named in the statement.
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