How in good conscience, former Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent Bill Andrekopoulos wonders, can the school district ask taxpayers for $252 million without considering closing a single school?
The district’s School Support Referendum website can tell you why district leaders say the money is needed and, generally, how and when the money would be used. The site also tells voters who are being asked on April 2 to support the referendum how much of a tax hit they will take, $367 on a home assessed at the $170,000 median price of a home in Milwaukee.
Everything in the pitch to taxpayers down to the penny is predicated on the status quo, as schools across the district are grossly under-enrolled and enrollment continues to sink, he says.
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