Wings Academy, a charter school in Milwaukee which specializes in special education, is closing its doors for good this year, directly related to the cuts Scott Walker put in his budget.
In on fell swoop, he's closed a school, laid off teachers and hurt the disabled.
Why did people vote for him again?
BTW, the school is having a rummage sale on Wednesday June 13th and Thursday June 14th from 8:00-3:00. There is a large variety of items for sale from furniture, art supplies, games, workbooks, science supplies, teacher resources, and many library books! They are located at 357 E. Howard Avenue (old Tippecanoe building). Cash only please.
Isn't that a fine sign of Walker's Wisconsin?
Thursday, June 7, 2012
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The walkerites who voted for walker will find out the hard way when one of walker's heartless actions affects either them or one of their loved ones. I should know, I have unfortunately had my own personal experience with walker. R.I.P. Jeff !
ReplyDeleteWings is closing because they expanded to quickly. They moved into a larger building in August without having the new students lined up.
ReplyDeleteWings closed because it wasn't a good school. This is what happens when you don't perform and is what should happen to public schools that don't perform.
ReplyDeleteHere's the dumbest comment ^ .
DeleteIt's a school with a core emphasis, as far as I can see.
In the big metro area, choice makes sense to me.
But the comment above this one is dumb, because there are more small towns across Wisconsin with tiny schools.
These are schools, due to the area population size, that will under-perform simply due to not having the advantage of more culture and more people to put into the local system academically and financially.
On a straight "pay for performance" standard, it's like High School Sports; the small schools will never have the ability to be on the level playing field of the big city schools.
So, does this commenter above approve of closing most of Wisconsin's rural schools?
My neighbors kids go to Wings. They absolutely love it. They were bullied and made to feel dumb in mainstream school. They love Wings and barely miss a day.
ReplyDeleteAny way about the Wings Academy closing, Walker can claim this as a casualty for special needs children. Most private schools won't accept special needs kids (too expensive) so they will likely be pushed into MPS. I feel bad for the parents and the teachers, but especially the kids.
ReplyDeleteThat's why we need a public education system, so that everybody has a chance. Private schools (and many charters, too) cherry-pick and then are held up as examples of why public schools don't work, when the privates and charters aren't dealing with the harder-to-educate students. Wings Academy sounds like a charter that courageously took on kids with special needs — not your usual charter or private school.
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