A Green Bay middle school at the center of controversy over alleged student misconduct was issued more citations than any other school in the district during the 2016-17 school year, according to Green Bay Police.
A former teacher at Washington Middle School criticized the Green Bay Area Public School District earlier in June for not cracking down on what she called rampant physical, verbal, emotional and sexual abuse at the school.
Kerstin Westcott submitted her resignation to the Board of Education on June 5, saying she feared for the safety of herself, her colleagues and her students every day at Washington Middle School over the past few years.
Green Bay Police issued 122 citations at the school during the 2016-17 school year, primarily because of students' bad conduct and skipping class.
Police said the top three categories of the school's citations were disorderly conduct, habitual truancy and loitering.
Officers have known about the school's problems and acknowledged the number of citations this past school year was especially high.
However, they said they feel a big part of the problem is the stage of life many students are in during middle school.
"In middle school, most of the students are 11, 12 and 13 years of age; they're immature," said Lt. Jeff Brester. "They're emotionally immature and learning how to be adults. Right now they're not thinking decisions through, so they make poor choices."
Officers are working with the school on how to address these behavioral issues, and the department is considering adding more officers on campus, according to Lt. Brester.
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