WITI-TV, MADISON—
When you send your kids off to school, you expect them to learn all about the "three r's": reading, writing and recall efforts?
That doesn't seem right, and it didn't seem right to FOX6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn either.
It is common practice for elementary schools to take students on a tour of the Wisconsin State Capitol, but how would you feel if your child went on just such a field trip, and ended up being led, quite literally, into the middle of a political protest?
One superintendent refused to watch video of this very thing occurring, and his elementary school principal waited 22 days to tell parents what happened.
Unless you've been living in a cave, or an entirely different state altogether, you're probably aware that some folks in Wisconsin aren't so happy with the current state of affairs.
It's been nine months since thousands of protesters occupied the Capitol in Madison, and the so-called "Solidarity Singers" still show up, every day.
"This is an exercise in free speech, and they're doing it in a respectful way," Sen.
Mark Miller (D-Madison) said.
Every weekday at noon, the "Solidarity Singers" gather around the Capitol Rotunda to vocalize their displeasure with Governor Walker's agenda.
"It energizes me to do the work we need to do," protester Sue Nelson said.
"I am very frustrated and angry," protester Valerie Van Horn said.
From traditional protest songs that date back generations, to other popular tunes with a clever change in lyrics, it is a peaceful protest, with an unmistakably political message.
"We want to sing in the Capitol the day after Walker is no longer working in this building," Solidarity Song Leader Chris Reeder said.
For first-time visitors, it's an attention-grabbing experience, especially when those visitors are fourth-grade students on a field trip.
It is one thing for students to witness a political protest, and quite another for them to become a part of it.
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