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Milwaukee School Board could fire superintendent Keith Posley on Monday
Milwaukee School Board members could fire Superintendent Keith Posley or take other disciplinary action against him at a meeting Monday night, according to a meeting notice updated Friday evening, days after board members found out MPS had failed to submit key financial reports to state officials. According to the meeting notice, board...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Capitol Connection: MPS at risk of losing millions in funding
MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee Public Schools could be out millions in state funding after they failed to properly report their finances, and a judge is coming under some scrutiny while he presides over a legal challenge to Act 10. CBS 58's Emilee Fannon and WisPolitics Editor JR Ross...
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...
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...
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