The state of Wisconsin is making $1 million available to support the recruitment and training of new teachers in low-income and urban area school districts.
Miller criticizes MCP for not providing busing.
MPS receives state transportation funding but does not share or distribute any of it to MCP or any of its charter schools.
Miller states, “Misleading data and fuzzy math were used by Schlifske when he claimed that ‘MPS operates on per-pupil funding of $14,568.’ This is simply not true. The actual number is much less. Opponents of public education arrive at that figure by dividing the total budget of MPS by the number of students.”
MPS is projecting an enrollment of just over 71,000 students (which includes 7,500 MPS Charter school students) next year and an overall budget of $1.3B. Dividing that total budget by the number of students yields an annual sum of more than $18,000 per-pupil, not $14,568, as Miller implies.
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A masked student arrives at Milwaukee College Prep s North Avenue campus.
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is set to lose 2,000 students and at least $4 million next year, as charter school network Milwaukee College Prep (MCP) cuts ties with the district.
MPS has contracts with 15 independent charter schools, including the four MCP locations. The charter schools are independently-run but publicly-funded, and are accountable to the MPS Board.
MCP’s departure is one sign of growing tension between MPS and the charter schools under its umbrella.
On a windy day in late April, staff at Milwaukee College Prep’s North Avenue campus are greeting students as they get dropped off at three separate entrances for social distancing purposes.