This came after Superintendent William Andrekopoulos delivered a grim assessment of district finances.
'The state finance system to fund Milwaukee Public Schools is broken' ... even with no increase in spending for the current school year, the property tax levy to support schools would go up 9.8% because of a decrease in state aid to MPS.Like many districts across Wisconsin, costs and demands continue to rise while districts face increasing budget cuts due to declining enrollment and less state funding, among other things.
'In a speech Thursday in Madison on the state of education in Wisconsin, Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Burmaster said, “Public education in Wisconsin has been stretched to the limit” and more needs to be invested in education if Wisconsin is to be competitive economically.'
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While the situation is serious, I wonder if this is just a public relations ploy. How would education be provided in Milwaukee if this happened? Would it (could it?) fall to the state?
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