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Bay View High School student Soleil Harvey speaks at a rally on the MPS budget held by Leaders Igniting Transformation, a student advocacy group. LIT supported the creation of a department to uplift Black and Latino girls, modeled after an existing department focused on boys.
As part of its budget for next year, the Milwaukee Public Schools Board voted to create a new department focused on Black and Latino girls, gender nonconforming students and LGBTQ+ students.
It’s modeled on MPS’s Department of Black and Latino Male Achievement, which has been around since 2017 and provides mentoring and classes for male students of color.