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What kind of nuts are falling from the tree's at MPS, from JS Online

MPS
board objects to federal provisos
Members won't comply
with some
requirements; schools could lose money
By ALAN J.
BORSUKaborsuk@journalsentinel.com
Posted:
Jan. 19, 2008
With millions of dollars in aid to schools at stake, the
Milwaukee School Board has put the brakes on a main element of a plan to get
MPS off the list of
districts not measuring up under the federal No Child
Left Behind law.

"I dare them to take money out of kids'
classrooms," board member Jennifer
Morales said. She has led the charge to
oppose two steps required under a plan
the board agreed to in September for
dealing with MPS' label of District
Identified for Improvement under the
federal law. [Isn't
this the same Jennifer
Morales that wants to get her significant
other on the MPS
health care system]. [ Oh, but she can take
money from the kids for her
sweeties health care?]

Morales said she had reached the point of
refusing to cooperate any further
with the requirements of what she called a
failed law distracting MPS from doing things that
actually improve student
achievement. [Refusing to cooperate
seems pretty
radical.]
"Now is the moment when we just say 'enough,' "
she
said. "If we don't hold the line and say, 'No way, we're not going to play
this stupid game and waste the taxpayers' money,' who is?"
[Wow, who is wasting taxpayers dollars?]

Later in the article.

MPS receives
about
$100 million a year in federal Title 1 education aid. Districts that do
not
comply with rules can be penalized by losing some of that money. [That makes sense, if you don't follow the rules you don't get
the money.]

Reacting to the board's actions, Elizabeth
Burmaster, state superintendent of public
instruction, said Friday, "If
they're not going to use the funds for what we
directed them to do, which
their board approved earlier, I guess we'd be looking
at not giving them
that money [ Holy cow, did Elizabeth Burmaster really say
that, ..................... I think I'm having a heart attack.................................]

Later in the article

Burmaster added, "Our expectation is that MPS will meet their obligations under
the DIFI plan, which they were obligated to develop under the No Child Left
Behind Act. . . . If not, they will be subject to sanctions under the
law."

Link to full article

Call an ambulance, she said what? MPS should meet their obligations!!!!!!!
O K , let me take my nitro pills and catch my breath!

I know this might be difficult for Jennifer but lets clarify this for her.

Taxpayers give MPS money for the MPS school system!

MPS and the MPS school board are responsible for directing funds to educate the students.

MPS hires teachers , and pays bills to educate MPS students.

MPS has to follow federal and or state laws enacted so MPS can get extra funding to educate MPS students.

If MPS cannot follow the rules than they should not get the funding they are responsible for.
Jennifer, what do you not understand?

It makes taxpayers ask some real questions.
Why do people elect such idiots on their local school boards?
When will people wake up and stop electing those that are incompetent?
How long will taxes keep going up?
When will people wake up and say enough is enough, we're not taking this anymore?
I am not happy with our school district, but that is something this area's taxpayers need to address.