Fund Our Students — Not Square Footage.
Milwaukee families can't afford another tax hike to heat empty hallways. It's time for MPS to make real decisions.
$46M
Deficit Next Year
$400M+
5-Year Shortfall
Residents Favor Right-Sizing
30%
Property Tax Hike Already
2-to-1
THE PROBLEM
MPS now receives 41 cents of every property tax dollar — while Milwaukee families are already being priced out of their homes.
Milwaukee Public Schools faces a fiscal crisis — and special interests want you to pay for it.
MPS is staring down a $46 million deficit next year and a projected $400+ million shortfall over the next five years — and that's after the district already raised your property taxes by 30%.
At the very moment MPS should be making responsible decisions, special interest groups are demanding the district spend tens of millions of dollars it simply does not have — to maintain buildings it does not need. In many cases, schools with fewer than 200 students are operating in facilities built for far more, wasting tens of millions of your tax dollars.
Milwaukee is facing a real housing affordability crisis.
Property taxes have jumped. Rents are rising. Homeowners are being squeezed.
And who ends up paying for this wasteful mess?
Hardworking Milwaukee residents — people who can least afford it.
WHAT RESIDENTS WANT
By a 2-to-1 margin, Milwaukee residents say: right-size the district — don't raise our taxes again.
A recent poll made the community's position clear. Superintendent Cassellius has acknowledged the serious financial challenges facing MPS and the need for real, structural solutions. That means making tough but necessary decisions — not folding to unaffordable demands from special interests.
Milwaukee can't afford more half-empty buildings and half-baked ideas. It's time for a real plan.