While I’ve been to many shuttered schools, I can’t say I’ve ever been to one that literally sits above one of the top public high schools in the state. A visit to Tosa East’s storied “Third Floor,” is the perfect time to talk to Supt. Dr. Demond Means about the Wauwatosa School District’s ongoing secondary schools discussion.
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A staircase away from Wauwatosa East, which U.S. News & World Report has ranked as the 23rd best high school (of about 550) in Wisconsin, is the long-mythologized “third floor.”…