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Article: SUBTRACTION BY ADDITION A WATCHDOG REPORT ON MPS' FAILED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM <> Empty promise <> Milwaukee Public Schools spent $102 million on a building spree meant to reduce busing by convincing parents to enroll students in bigger, better neighborhood schools. Today, many of those new classrooms go unused.; FIRST OF THREE PARTS
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2008
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A massive building expansion by Milwaukee Public Schools has
saddled the district with tens of millions of dollars worth of
vacant or severely underused school additions, a Journal Sentinel
investigation found.
The $102 million Neighborhood Schools Initiative was supposed to
get students off buses and into revamped schools near their homes.
Instead, darkened classrooms and half-empty buildings serve as
monuments to the program's failures.
The district spent $30 million on major additions to schools
where enrollment has actually declined. An additional $19.5 million
went toward construction at schools where enrollment gains have
fallen far short of expectations. Construction began in 2001, ...
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