“I intend to break from decades of disconnection between City Hall and our schools,” said Johnson.
Short of sharing a city attorney with Milwaukee Public Schools and the city authorizing a handful of charter schools, city government and Milwaukee’s public, charter and voucher schools are merely passing ships in the night.
But that’s not how residents see things.
“Too often I hear people are leaving Milwaukee because of our schools,” said the mayor. “I want people to come to Milwaukee because of our schools.”
“I intend to engage with the Milwaukee Public Schools’ leadership and with private and parochial schools,” said Johnson.
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