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Common Council Creates ‘Rocketship Milwaukee Public School’ « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

Common Council Creates ‘Rocketship Milwaukee Public School’ « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:

Common Council Creates ‘Rocketship Milwaukee Public School’

I want to thank all of the education activists who called their Alderperson this week asking for more discussion concerning the charter proposal for “Rocketship Milwaukee Public School” (actual school’s name.) The vote on the Common Council was 10 to move forward with the proposal and 5 to hold for more public discussion. The 5 Aldermen who voted with us were Kovak, Bohl, Murphy, Dudzik and Zelinski.

Common Council President Willie Hines made it personal by attacking me and questioned my motives.

The truth in what Hines said was that we should have been paying attention because there is a process. The fact