One of the main drivers of the MPS School Board Recall Collaborative’s campaign is criticism over what recall members said is a lack of transparency by Milwaukee Public Schools.
But since the group was launched last month to unseat four MPS board members, there have been questions about how the collaborative’s efforts are being funded.
The group says they have anonymous donors, whose names they are not disclosing. That’s led the MPS teachers’ union to file an ethics complaint with the state.
During a press conference last week, members of the media questioned the group about who is paying canvassers for positions they advertised.
Recall organizers did not list expenses and the contributions to fund the canvassers on their July 15 campaign finance reports.
The group announced last week they’ve collected more than 37,000 signatures so far to recall school board president Marva Herndon, vice president Jilly Gokalgandhi, school board member at large Missy Zombor and board member Erika Siemsen.
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