Kayla Huynh:

The McKenzie Foundation and the Boys & Girls Club will instead develop workforce programs for the school district “that combine academic rigor and workforce development,” McKenzie said in the statement. 

“By leveraging each organization’s unique strengths and resources, we can better serve students and provide them with the skills they need to succeed,” McKenzie said. “It is my desire to have a plan worked out within a year with MMSD, the Boys & Girls Clubs, and our partners so that our workforce plan is the primary option our foundation can be proud to support.”

Johnson said in an interview Monday he hopes organizers can create a workforce training program as successful as the AVID/TOPS college preparation programs, which the Boys & Girls Clubs launched in the district over a decade ago. The program brings in over $1 million dollars a year for the district, Johnson said.

“If we can come up with something that’s suitable for all parties, then there might not be a need for a workforce high school,” Johnson said. “But if we’re not seeing any movement, we’re not saying (the charter school) is dead.”

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Aborting another independent Madison Charter School

The Predatory Dynamic in Madison Schools

2011: “You meet every need of the unions, but keep minority student achievement a low priority,” said one parent. Others suggested the same.

more on the aborted madison preparatory academy IB charter school 

Meanwhile:

Parents overestimate student achievement, underestimate spending

Related: Act 10

Did taxpayer funded Wisconsin DPI Superintendent Underly Juice Test Scores for Reelection?

The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading Recovery…

The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic”

My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results

2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results 

Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.

“An emphasis on adult employment”

Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]

WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators

Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results

Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.

When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?