MPS Spends your Money

"Fancy hotels, high-priced consultants, catered meals and other perks. The TODAY’S TMJ4 I-Team dug up all kinds of eye-opening expenses. It's left everyone from the bigwigs at City Hall to ordinary taxpayers feeling like MPS’ 89,000 students are getting cheated by the grown-ups who decide how the money gets spent." - WTMJ Story

This is the School board who over the last 3 years has raised taxes 34%. ""I don't see how anybody can say that a 34 percent levy increase in three years is acceptable," argues Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett." - WTMJ

Over the last 3 years they have spent $19 Million on Consultants. Some where you would have thought one of those consultants would have told them they are spending too much money on consultants.

Did you know that if a Teacher's car gets vandalized while at work, we pay to have it fixed? That is a pretty nice perk. How many of you get that perk, where if your car is damaged at your job then they pay to fix it?

Explain to me why a public school district spends close to a half a million dollars on marketing? If you had a good product, you wouldn't have to try and sell it to the taxpayers in your district.

"Taxpayers can judge for themselves. Here's a link to the 'CRG Network’s Web site' You can search for specific 'MPS Expenses' even the money spent by your kids' schoo" - WTMJ