MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The Milwaukee Public Schools chief of staff is on administrative leave after he made an inappropriate gesture at a budget hearing last week.
A photograph was taken, showing Erbert Johnson making an inappropriate gesture with his middle finger. It happened at a budget hearing on May 14th.
Erbert Johnson, MPS chief of staff
Johnson is chief of staff for MPS Superintendent Darienne Driver.
A MPS spokesman said this in a statement to FOX6 News:
The Milwaukee Teachers Education Association President Bob Peterson issued this statement to FOX6 News:
The motive for Johnson's gesture remains unclear.
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