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July 19, 2004
Wisconsin dumps pair of schools from Milwaukee voucher program
They have been the focus of several less than flattering stories, but those days may be coming to an end for two Milwaukee voucher schools now that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has dropped them from the taxpayer-funded program entirely. The move is an example of the new authority the state department has over participating voucher schools thanks to recent legislation.
The department's action may have been irrelevant in the case of the Mandella School of Science and Math, however, since a judge ordered it shuttered earlier this year. BoardBuzz readers will recall that this is the school whose founder and principal used voucher money to purchase two Mercedes-Benz automobiles and owes the state $330,000 for cashing voucher checks for "students" who did not actually attend the school. The second school to get the boot was Alex's Academics of Excellence, whose founder, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, is a convicted rapist. That school has been dogged by problems, including evictions from buildings and complaints from teachers and bus companies who say they were not paid. The school received $2.8 million in taxpayer dollars since opening in 1999, the Sentinel reported.
Posted July 19, 2004 12:00 AM
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