When new school superintendent Dan Nerad moves from Green Bay to Madison, his Badgers and Packers sweatshirts will fit right in, along with his jeans.
He won’t have to learn the vocabulary of revenue caps and qualified economic offers as he deals with balancing the $330 million-plus budget here. He can navigate the University of Wisconsin campus without a map.
And when he heads to the Legislature, his son Ben, a recent UW graduate and legislative aide, can show him the shortcuts through the Capitol.