Catie Smiley Tries to Start Turning Point Club at Lake Country Classical Academy

This is Catie Smiley, 17, the Wisconsin teen who just wants to start a Turning Point chapter at her Hillsdale member charter school Lake Country Classical Academy in conservative Oconomowoc WI. And the adults at the school are saying no.

SUPPORT CATIE. pic.twitter.com/io73s0f2Lx

— Wisconsin Right Now (@wisconsin_now) October 11, 2025

Wow. Margaret Hagedorn is doubling down and still not allowing the student Turning Point Club to form at Lake Country Classical Academy in Oconomowoc, WI. I think it’s despicable that students inspired by Turning Point, in the wake of Charlie’s assassination, are having to fight… pic.twitter.com/gyC5MG0GfX

— Wisconsin Right Now (@wisconsin_now) October 11, 2025

Many conservatives celebrated the arrival of Hillsdale-affiliated Lake Country Classical Academy. But the school has rejected a student request for a Turning Point chapter. The Hagedorns strike again https://t.co/C3aNruF4Wn

— Mark Belling (@MarkBellingShow) October 12, 2025

Melissa Smiley, the mom of Catie Smiley (the teen trying to start a Turning Point club at Lake Country Classical Academy in Oconomowoc, WI), sent this email today to Principal Margaret Hagedorn, who announced there will be a school-sponsored civics club instead. There’s a board… pic.twitter.com/XB6DQYnkF5

— Wisconsin Right Now (@wisconsin_now) October 15, 2025

Why is Margaret Hagedorn afraid of a Turning Point club?