MPS students voting with their feet.

According to this article in the MJS over a 1000 students a year have chosen to leave MPS. Over the six year history of the Wisconsin Open Enrollment plan 6900 students have opted out of MPS. Remember these numbers do not include Choice Students or Students being Homeschooled. This is just the students who have chosen to go to public schools outside of MPS.

I was a little disappointed but not surprised that the MJS seemed more worried about the 32 million dollars MPS lost, not why the students are chosing to leave.

I personally think this is a good thing for parents of children who live in Milwaukee, If they think they can get a better education for their children outside of MPS they should have that right.


Regards,
GBfan