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  1. He said, she said. Let Evers provide the written refusal by MPS. Let's make it all transparent and out in the open.
  2. I think this process is transparent. If MPS has made improvements to their test scores they can surely prove it, right?
  3. Better yet, let's keep funding an incompetent, corrupt and failing system. The MPS and the City of Milwaukee seem to have the same motto: More money and lower standards. I hope Mr. Evers holds his ground and demands some accountability and competency before releasing more funds to this pathetic district.
  4. As the husband of a long time MPS teacher and parent who, after an abundance of patience has pulled his children out of the district, I applaud Secretary Evers for this move. MPS administration and the school board are dysfunctional and adrift. It is far past time for someone to stand up to the intransigence of our school board and administration, hold the district accountable and instill some real leadership over our schools.
  5. MPS thinks they can do whatever they want, and just stick the tax payers with more costs and taxes..The efforts by Evers shouldn't even stop there, but should go farther, alot farther...MPS is an overweight , non-functioning buracracy that has no responsibility, no morals, inflated, egotistical, and is don't have to keep spending more and more money under the pretense that it will make the kids test scores and kids brighter..non-sense...gong to swchool, our school had a very low budget, and the majority of us kids graduated and became something with little money...Teach the damn kids without holding us tax payers hostage, and if the kids don't pass the scores stop passing them to the next grade up just to get rid of them, or make MPS look good...Enough of Fat Cat MPS
    thinking they can do whatever they want no matter what ANYONE thinks..Glen Moore, you need to stop kissing MPS's fat royal butt, and hold them accountable too...
  6. I think the real problem here is that the MPS school board cannot read any better than the students.
  7. Mr. Evers, please keep the money from MPS and send it to choice schools in the area. Taxpayers are sick and tired of the broken system that feels it's job is to Make People Stupid.
  8. The recommendations that DPI have outlined seem like common sense approaches and considering the dismal implementation of the current programs, I cannot fathom why MPS would not agree to these changes. It seems clear to me that MPS has no interest in making sure that our children have a chance at success. How on earth can THEY keep justifying this mess of a system. I agree with jwog1, if MPS has made some progress, they can surely prove it, and should be more than willing to do so at this point. I am just thrilled that CHANGE is finally coming for our children.
  9. So who is more incompetent. The leaders of MPS or Gwen Moore for shooting off her mouth before she did a lick of homework?
  10. MPS needs to broken up into several smaller school Districts - lets call them Tranches. The poorly performing Tranches would receive considerably more Title I and IDEA funds than the better performing tranches. The Kicker - the DPI and the District would have to guarantee the performance of each Tranche; if a Tranche doesn't meet the goals, taxpayers get a percentage of their money back. Just an idea


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