The daddy of a Baraboo Excessive Faculty graduate forcefully intervened through the faculty’s commencement ceremony on Friday. As his daughter walked throughout the stage to obtain her diploma, the daddy abruptly pulled district Superintendent Rainey Briggs away earlier than she may shake his hand.
Sporting a white polo shirt and a baseball cap, the person ran onto the stage proper after his daughter acquired her diploma. Earlier than she may greet Superintendent Briggs, he grabbed Briggs by the fitting arm and pushed him apart, loudly proclaiming, “That’s my daughter,” as captured in a video by TV43 Baraboo.
Within the footage, Briggs responds, “You higher rise up off me, man. Get away from me, bro,” as commencement workers and three Baraboo cops, together with the college useful resource officer, stepped in to deal with the scenario. A voice within the background may be heard saying, “I don’t need her touching him.”
Following the incident, police escorted the person out of the college. Regardless of sharing the stage with different faculty officers, together with Faculty Board President Kevin Vodak and Principal Steve Considine, the person solely confronted Superintendent Briggs.
District spokesperson Hailey Wagner later confirmed {that a} disorderly conduct cost has been referred to the Sauk County District Lawyer’s Workplace for the daddy.
This incident follows a controversial second in 2018 when college students at Baraboo Excessive Faculty have been seen giving a Nazi salute in a category picture, highlighting ongoing tensions throughout the faculty neighborhood.
