MPS manages 95 buildings with kindergarten-aged children that were constructed before 1978, when the federal government banned lead paint sales. Those schools alone have about 2,700 classrooms and ...

LaFollotte was slated to reopen sometime next month. MPS did not say anything this week about a timeline for the other schools. The district did give parents a bit of a timeline for testing other ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The interim facilities director for Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) told families Monday the district plans to dramatically ramp up its efforts to test schools for lead during ...

ONE SCHOOL WILL NOT REOPEN TOMORROW AS PREVIOUSLY PLANNED. FERNWOOD MONTESSORI IS ONE OF THREE MPS SCHOOLS CLOSED RIGHT NOW AS CREWS ADDRESS LEAD HAZARDS IN THE BUILDINGS. OFFICIALS SAY THEY NEED ...

Two MPS schools – Starms Early Childhood Center and LaFollette School – remain closed due to lead. MILWAUKEE - One of three Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) sites still closed for lead ...

Recent findings of unaddressed lead paint hazards in seven schools so far have drawn attention to MPS' broader ability to maintain its large portfolio of aging schools. The district has lost ...