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About half of Milwaukee voters will elect new school board members April 6, with no incumbents running for four open seats. Two of the races have only one candidate on the ballot: Walker’s Point Center for the Arts executive director Marcela Garcia for the south side District 6 seat now held by Tony Baez; and recently retired Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Harry Leonard for the southwest District 7 seat held by Paula Phillips. The north side District 4 seat is contested between Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Opportunity Youth Program Director Aisha Carr and North Side Rising organize...
In a forum focused on race and equity, Milwaukee Public Schools board candidates sought to distinguish themselves in a field where all candidates have talked about the need to move toward restorative justice, diversify staff and curriculum, and listen more to students. Students were among those asking questions at the forum Wednesday hosted by the youth-led group Leaders Igniting Transformation along with the ACLU of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) and Black Educators Caucus MKE. Four of eight seats on the board are up for election April 6, with no in...
Wisconsin teachers will be eligible for the vaccine starting Monday Daphne Chen and Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Angela Peterson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Second grade teacher Lauren Mau teaches at Ronald Reagan Elementary School on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Mau is among the school staff who help make schools run during a pandemic. State health officials say they are ready to move forward with the second half of Phase 1B next week — and educators will be first in line. Popular Searches Now that nearly half of Wisconsinites ages 65 and up have received thei...
360: Addressing racism as a public health crisis From education to healthcare and economics to housing, we've seen how departments across the state are coming together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. and last updated 2021-02-23 08:56:50-05 MILWAUKEE â From education to healthcare and economics to housing, we've seen how departments across the state are coming together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The ability to tackle one single issue is a lesson in how to fight another public health crisis; racism. To understand why and how we're going 360. TMJ4's Ryan Jenkins talked to Milwaukee's ...