‘We want you gone’: Milwaukee residents voice frustration toward school board

The auditorium at the Milwaukee Public School Central offices was full on Monday. The MPS board held a special hearing with items addressing approval of the the 2025 budget and the Department of Public Instruction’s letter to MPS surrounding possibly suspending funds due to missing financial reports.

“We believed in you, but we no longer believe in you,” said Maria Penager during her public testimony, a parent of two current MPS high school students

TMJ4 spoke to Penager.

“It's not affecting me personally as a parent,” Penager said. “It's affecting my children. That's why I came out.”


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