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Elementary teacher retiring after 30 years with support from longtime friends at school
MILWAUKEE — Byron Kilbourn Elementary School has a unique distinction. The Milwaukee Public School has 11 teachers who all started their careers at least 20 years ago and never left. Christine LaMarre has been teaching at Kilbourn School for over 30 years. She said a lot has changed since...
MPS finance problem: Dismantling school district a familiar question
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Public Schools financial report delays could cost the district millions of dollars and impact every school district in the state, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced Wednesday. With the federal Head Start program suspending money for MPS, and the DPI announcing the district is at risk...
Oneida woman helped found Indian Community School in Milwaukee in 1969
In 1969, Marjorie Ann Funmaker and two other Milwaukee mothers, nervous about their children's safety and frustrated by lessons they were being taught about Indigenous peoples, decided to pull their children out of Milwaukee Public Schools. Funmaker, Darlene Funmaker Neconish and Marj Stevens did not want their children exposed to the colonial mindset...
Milwaukee Board of School Directors: Statement
MILWAUKEE, WI – On Friday, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors (Board) received a letter (attached) from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). We are aware of the matter and are working closely with DPI and multiple stakeholders to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. We are committed to ensuring all requested information is submitted in a timely manner. The Board remains committed to its obligations to our students, their families, and the people of Milwaukee. We take this matter seriously and we are confident that we will be able to course correct promptly.
MPS receives $7.4 million from the EPA's Clean School Bus program
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Public School System is getting almost $7.5 and a half million dollars from the federal government to buy 25 zero emissions school busses. The money comes from the EPA's Clean School Bus Program designed to help schools replace their existing busses, which have been linked to asthma and other student conditions.
UW-Stout: Design Wisconsin coming to UW-Stout in 2025, student wins Merit Award during event at Milwaukee Tool
Menomonie, Wis. — Design professionals from around Wisconsin representing some of the state’s biggest and best-known brands gathered May 18 in Milwaukee for University of Wisconsin-Stout’s third annual Design Wisconsin. The event was hosted by Milwaukee Tool at its headquarters and supported by the Milwaukee chapter of...
Accused of embezzlement; plea deal for former special needs school exec
CEDARBURG, Wis. - A former executive director and principal of a private non-profit school for children with special needs accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from the school for her own use reached a plea deal in Racine County court. Heather Wenthold pleaded guilty on Tuesday, May 28 to three...
Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Middle School Representatives Preach the Power of Education at the 2024 Heal The Hood Block Party in Milwaukee
Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy aims to get Milwaukee students thinking about college by preparing them to thrive in higher learning environments. The non-profit charter school set up a booth at the 12th Annual Heal the Hood Block Party to tell the community about their new enrollment for 6th-8th graders.
Colleges agree to pay athletes, Search for common ground on abortion, Representing everyone in the theater
We learn about the legal settlement that would allow colleges to pay student athletes. Then, we hear about an effort to find compromise on abortion. Then, we look at how a theater company is increasing representation in the dramatic arts. Settlement would allow paying college athletes. An antitrust settlement would...
Marquette University: Dr. Colleen Lawton to be honored as Alumna of Year as Marquette announces 2024 Alumni National Awards
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will recognize Dr. Colleen Lawton, former residency program director at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Department of Radiation Oncology, with its highest honor, the Alumna of the Year Award for her work advancing world-class cancer care at the All-University Awards dinner on Friday, May 31. James Wright Foley, a 1996 graduate of Marquette University, will also be honored posthumously with the university’s Service Award alongside the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation in memoriam of the 10th anniversary of his murder.
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