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MPS failed to comply with state law for decades
The problems with MPS reporting their financial data go back far longer than anyone has previously reported. Yesterday we ran a perspectives piece that included this nugget of information regarding the connections between MPS and Milwaukee City Government. Oh and the data that DPI says MPS has failed to properly...
Girls High School State Soccer Tournament Begins June 13
The 41st Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Soccer Tournament will take place Thursday-Saturday, June 13 to 15, at Southeast Sales Powersports Stadium at Uihlein Soccer Park in Milwaukee. Division 1. Friday, June 14. #1 Waunakee (16-1-3) vs. #4 Kimberly (21-2-1) - 4:30 p.m. #2 Muskego (15-1-4) vs. #3 Brookfield East...
Milwaukee Public Schools documents sent to DPI indicate inexperienced, understaffed financial office
The embattled Milwaukee Public Schools submitted an updated draft Corrective Action Plan to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Tuesday, detailing how the district will address overdue financial data and compliance issues. District leaders hope the plan will release nearly $16 million in state funds being withheld after MPS failed...
State Debate: Act 10 conflict, Milwaukee schools' woes among today's topics
An Eau Claire Leader-Telegram editorial, reprinted by the Racine Journal Times, comments that in the case of Dane County Judge Jacob Frost hearing a case aimed at Act 10, appearances do count. The paper wonders about Frost's signing of a recall petition against the author of Act 10, former governor Scott Walker, which was perfectly fine when Frost was a private attorney, but it raises questions now.
MPS chief financial officer retires immediately amid accounting crisis
Milwaukee Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Martha Kreitzman has retired, effective immediately, school board members announced Thursday as they prepared to vote on a budget for the upcoming school year amid a crisis of public trust. Kreitzman is the third MPS official to lose a job after revelations that the...
For-profit nursing school advances in Milwaukee, but critics say they won’t stop fighting project
As a for-profit nursing school proposes to open a campus in Milwaukee, existing nursing school operators and community activists are campaigning to thwart the project. The Arizona College of Nursing (AZCN) says its proposal would contribute to reducing a shortage of nurses in Southeastern Wisconsin. “We have a long history of connecting aspiring nurses with […] The post For-profit nursing school advances in Milwaukee, but critics say they won’t stop fighting project appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Adults have failed children in MPS. It requires radical fixes to serve students. | Opinion
It has been said that the definition of insanity is to continue to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. Milwaukee Public Schools is an excellent example of that. MPS has a broken governance system. To fix it, I propose that Gov. Tony Evers replace the board...
New MPS draft plan released: Will take months for district to dig out of financial crisis
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Fixing the MPS financial crisis will likely take months, according to a new draft plan released by the state's Department of Public Instruction Tuesday afternoon, June 11. The long-awaited Corrective Action Plan details hundreds of steps needed to fix a problem that is costing the district...
Students from 2 Wisconsin high schools headed to International Thespian Festival
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A group of students from two Wisconsin schools are headed to the International Thespian Festival later this month. "I think when people think of Wisconsin, you obviously don't think of...high school theater but I think it just really shows all the great talent that we have here and the drive that all of these students have is just awesome," said Faye Muma, Wauwatosa West Senior who plays Elsa in the school's production of Frozen.
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