Who IS "Kristi, High School Teacher" in those Walker Ads?

 Unless you've been in a coma for the past week or so, you MUST have seen those pro-Walker ads.  They only air them like every 15 minutes...wonder what THAT is costing!
Many of us share the same instant questions:  Is she really a teacher?  Which district does she work for?  Is she really "just" a teacher?  What's her story?

A little detective work was in order, starting with the DPI's list of all Wisconsin teaching staff.  There were a ton of "Kristi"s.  So then we narrowed it down to those that only taught high school.  Finally, we figured she's early to mid 30's but to be safe, pared it down to those high school teachers named Kristi between ages 30 and 50.  That whittled the list down to 18.  Finally, we started focusing on those who teach in the Milwaukee area.

From there, we focused on a couple of individuals and then did a little 'net sleuthing to find a picture and documentation that matched up with our quarry.  Think about it....if she's a teacher, surely the people she teaches with know who she is.  Once one knows, many know.  What we found interesting is most news sites seemed to be as clueless to her identity as the rest of us.

After narrowing it down, all signs point to our "Kristi" as one Kristi Lacroix, a teacher in the Kenosha Unified school district, specifically at the "Lakeview Technology Academy", a specialty high school preparing students to enter the field of engineering or higher level technology.  This public high school has 375 students in grades 9-12.   DPI salary data for 2010-11 indicate that she is 37, with 34.9 years of teaching experience.  Huh???  Something's not right there.  Other sites we find indicate she has 13.5 years experience.  That seems about right.   Her salary is $60,377.00 with fringe benefits totaling $32,840.00. Not bad for 13.5 years experience!!!

Kristi has been very busy of late...

Files amicus curiae (more Latin, Jimbo---for "friend of the court")brief to disenjoin from the state unions' lawsuit against Gov. Walker et al

National Institute for Labor Relations Research, July 2011

In which Kristi firmly announces her stand with the Gov.

• • Kristi posted a link to Walker Backers Watching Walker Stalkers's Wall.

  • Kristi posted a link to Conservative Wisconsin's Wall.

  • Kristi posted a link to We Support Scott Walker in Making Wisconsin Great Again's Wall.

• RECENT ACTIVITY

  • Kristi answered How do you feel about drug testing for welfare recipients?with For It.

     
• RECENT ACTIVITY

  • Kristi answered I am cleaning up my Facebook friends... let me know if u would like to stay...· with Yes.

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  • Kristi answered The second endorsement of the 2012 Presidential cycle: Chris Christie endorses Mitt Romney for Presi... with No.

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So there it is, people.  For those that were curious, "Kristi" is indeed a high school teacher, perhaps one of a very small number that support the Governor and his initiatives.  It seems only fair that people have all the facts, regarding the barrage of advertisements we are seeing now and will for the next 6 months.  In this case, based on our fact-checking, we believe "Kristi" is Kristi Lacroix, a teacher in the KUSD.  While we believe that we should have all the facts, we also believe that her privacy and the right to her opinions should be respected.