Quinton Klabon

Here are four concrete things we can do to change children’s lives by this time next year

“Progress is incremental. It is something that we all have to show up for, because…if we don’t care about our kids and our public schools, then we are destined to fail.,” said Milwaukee Public School Board Vice President Jilly Gokalgandhi at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee.

She was right.

With the start of a new school year for 66,000 students, Milwaukee’s civic, business, and cultural leaders have an opportunity to consider how they have supported MPS since its financial strife in May and how the city can show up going forward. Here are four ways they could change children’s lives by this time next year: