Milwaukee Public Schools
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Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is the largest school district in the state of Wisconsin. As of 2006, it has an enrollment of 97,762 students and employs 6,100 full-time and substitute teachers in 223 schools. The Milwaukee Public Schools system is the 28th largest in the United States. A publicly elected School Board provides direction and oversight, with a Superintendent heading the organization's administration. The district also owns WYMS-FM (88.9), which airs an eclectic selection of music and is programmed by a local non-profit group via an LMA.
Milwaukee Public Schools operate as magnet schools, with individualized specialty areas for interests in academics, or the arts. Rufus King High School, Golda Meir School, Riverside University High School, Milwaukee School of Languages, Milwaukee High School of the Arts and Lynde & Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School are just some examples of the magnet schools in Milwaukee. In addition to its public schools, Milwaukee is home to a large number of parochial schools, including over two dozen private high schools and hundreds of private middle and elementary schools. It currently has a budget of $1B and a drop out rate in the top top 5 of America.
The district has a reputation for poor student performance on standardized tests, and efforts have been underway for years to reform the school system. School District officials note declining funding as a catalyst to problems in the district.[1]
In 1990, Milwaukee became the first community in the United States to adopt a school voucher program. The program enables students to receive public funding to study at parochial and other private schools free of cost. The 2006-2007 school year will mark the first time that more than $100 million will be paid in vouchers, as twenty-six percent of Milwaukee students will receive public funding to attend schools outside the MPS system.[2] If the voucher program alone were considered a school district, it would mark the sixth-largest district in Wisconsin.[citation needed]
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[edit] Schools
[edit] K-8 schools
- Auer Avenue Elementary School
- A.E. Burdick School
- Dr. Benjamin Carson Academy of Science
- George Washington Carver Academy of Mathematics and Science
- Cass Street School
- Luther Burbank Elementary School
- James Fenimore Cooper Elementary School
- Eighty-First Street Elementary School
- Fernwood Montessori School
- Frederick J. Gaenslen School
- U.S. Grant Elementary School
- Grantosa Drive Elementary School
- Greenfield Elementary School
- Hartford Avenue University School for Urban Explorations
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School
- Hopkins Street Elementary School
- Humboldt Park School
- Keefe Avenue Elementary School
- Martin Luther King Jr. School
- Robert M. LaFollette Elementary School
- Lee Elementary School
- Edward A. MacDowell Montessori Elementary School
- Manitoba Elementary School
- Maryland Avenue Montessori School
- McNair Academy Elementary School
- Ralph H. Metcalfe School
- Alexander Mitchell Integrated Arts Elementary School
- Craig Montessori Elementary School
- Sherman Multicultural Arts Elementary School
- Sixty-Fifth Street Elementary School
- Albert Story School
- Thurston Woods Campus Elementary School
- Tippecanoe Elementary School for the Humanities
- Townsend Street Continuous Progress Elementary School
- Trowbridge Street Elementary School
- Urban Waldorf Elementary School
- Victory School
- Vieau School
- Westside Academy I & II
[edit] Elementary schools
- Academy of Accelerated Learning
- Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes
- Alcott School
- Allen-Field School
- Barton School
- Mary McLeod Bethune Academy
- Brown Street Academy
- Browning School
- Bruce School
- Bryant School
- Carleton School
- Clarke Street Elementary School
- Clemens School
- Clement Ave. School
- Congress School
- Curtin School
- Doerfler School
- Frederick Douglass Elementary School
- Dover St. School
- Elm Creative Arts School
- Emerson School
- Engleburg School
- Fifty-third St. School
- Arthur A. Fletcher
- Forest Home Ave. School
- Franklin School
- La Escuela Fratney
- Garden Homes School
- Garland School
- German Immersion School
- Golda Meir School (originally Fourth Street School)
- Goodrich School
- Green Bay Ave. School
- Hampton School
- Hawley Road School
- Hawthorne School
- Hayes School
- Young Leaders Academy College Prep School
- Hi-Mount Blvd. School
- Honey Creek School
- Kagel School
- Kilbourn School
- Kluge School
- Lincoln Ave. School
- Lloyd St. School
- Lacaster elementary school
- Longfellow School
- Lowell School
- Maple Tree School
- Morgandale School
- Neeskara School
- Ninety-Fifth St. School
- Parkview Elementary School
- Philipp School
- Pierce Elementary School
- James Whitcomb Riley Elementary School
- River Trail Elementary School
- Siefert Elementary School
- Silver Spring Elementary School
- Sixty-Eighth Street Early Childhood Center
- Frances Starms Discovery Learning Center
- Starms Early Childhood Center
- Stormonth Elementary School
- Gilbert Stuart Elementary School
- Thirty-Eighth Street Open Education Elementary School
- Thirty-Fifth Street Elementary School
- Henry David Thoreau Elementary School
- Twenty-First Street Elementary School
- Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
- Walt Whitman Elementary School
- Wisconsin Avenue Elementary School
- Clement J. Zablocki Elementary School
[edit] Middle schools
- Audubon Technology & Communication Center
- Alexander Graham Bell Middle School
- John Burroughs Middle School
- Thomas A. Edison Middle School
- Fritsche Middle School
- Grand Avenue School
- Kosciuszko Middle School
- Lincoln Center of the Arts
- Milwaukee Education Center
- Milwaukee School of Languages
- Samuel Morse Middle School
- John Muir Middle School
- Roosevelt School of the Arts
- Sarah A. Scott Middle School
- Daniel Webster Middle School (Currently No longer Open)
[edit] High schools
- Advanced Language & Academic High School
- Alliance School [1]
- Bay View High School [2]
- Lynde & Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School [3]
- CITIES Project High School [4]
- Milwaukee Community High School [5]
- Custer High School [6]
- W.E.B. Du Bois High School [7]
- Edison Career Academy [8]
- Foster and Williams Visual Communications Campus[9]
- Genesis High School [10]
- Alexander Hamilton High School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [11]
- Humanities High School [12]
- Solomon Juneau Business High School[13]
- Madison University High School [14]
- John Marshall High School (Wisconsin)[15]
- Metropolitan High School [16]
- Milwaukee Academy of Aviation, Science, & Technology[17]
- Milwaukee High School of the Arts [18]
- Milwaukee Learning Laboratory & Institute[19]
- Milwaukee School of Entrepreneurship [20]
- Milwaukee School of Languages [21]
- New School for Community Service [22]
- North Division Virtual University High School [23]
- Professional Learning Institute [24]
- Casimir Pulaski High School [25]
- Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School[26]
- Riverside University High School [27]
- Rufus King High School [28]
- South Division High School [29]
- Truth Institute for Leadership and Service[30]
- Harold S. Vincent High School [31]
- Washington High School (Wisconsin)[32]
- Wisconsin Conservatory for Lifelong Learning (K4 through 12th grade)[33]
[edit] Charter Schools
- Wings Academy
[edit] Milwaukee Board of School Directors
- Tim Petersons, District 1
- Jeff Spence, District 2, Vice President
- Michael Bonds, District 3
- Charlene Hardin, District 4
- Jennifer Morales, District 5
- Peter Blewett, District 6, President
- Danny Goldberg, District 7
- Terrence Falk, District 8
- Bruce Thompson, At-Large
[edit] References
- ^ Borsuk, Alan. "Low-income student funding is decreased by state", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2006-03-28. Retrieved on 2006-04-20.
- ^ Vouchers to Pass $100 Million Mark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov. 21, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.
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