Madison school board member Carol Carstensen is having second thoughts about the boardâ??s unanimous vote to name a new Madison elementary school for Genereal Vang Pao, a Hmong leader and U.S. ally during the Vietnam War.
Reacting to a report on The Daily Page that Pao was linked to war crimes and the heroin trade in southeast Asia, Carstensen said Friday “that information was not something I had access to until after we made the decision.”
Carstensen says she’d like to make a motion to reconsider the decision at Monday’s board meeting, but can’t find a second. “Nobody sounds like they’re interested in revisiting the issue.”