MPS’ Proposed Position Cuts Not Necessarily People Cuts

Milwaukee Public Schools are proposing a new budget that would cut nearly 300 positions and spend hundreds of millions of dollars less. MPS’s superintendent unveiled his budget for the 2024-2025 school year recently. The proposed 288 position cuts are getting most of the headlines. Nearly half of those positions are teaching positions. But those announced cuts are for positions, not necessarily people. Full story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/article_91a0f7d4-065a-11ef-b8f4-271e790fbafe.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wisconsininfocus/support

Episode 226 of the Wisconsin in Focus podcast, hosted by America's Talking Network, titled "MPS’ Proposed Position Cuts Not Necessarily People Cuts" was published on May 4, 2024 and runs 8 minutes.

May 4, 2024 ·8m · Wisconsin in Focus

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Milwaukee Public Schools are proposing a new budget that would cut nearly 300 positions and spend hundreds of millions of dollars less. MPS’s superintendent unveiled his budget for the 2024-2025 school year recently. The proposed 288 position cuts are getting most of the headlines. Nearly half of those positions are teaching positions. But those announced cuts are for positions, not necessarily people. Full story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/article_91a0f7d4-065a-11ef-b8f4-271e790fbafe.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wisconsininfocus/support

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