Empty Milwaukee School Buildings to voucher schools: No sale

M. D. Kittle:

In January 2011, just as one of the most tumultuous sessions of the Wisconsin Legislature was getting underway, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wrote an urgent letter to state Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills.

Barrett begged the lawmaker to push forward legislation that would transfer control of vacant and underutilized Milwaukee Public Schools real estate to the city of Milwaukee.

The mayor described the sad state of affairs in some Milwaukee neighborhoods, where "once thriving parts of their communities now sit barren and quiet."

What the city needed, Barrett wrote, was a law that would allow the city to "take a more holistic approach to the management of these assets by addressing the needs and concerns of neighborhoods where buildings stand vacant as well as better meeting the educational needs of our community."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 28, 2013 1:08 AM
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