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Nearly 1K students enrolled in Milwaukee Public Schools have not attended a single day this year (www.wpr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by mke_geek@lemm.ee to c/milwaukee@midwest.social

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Records show one of the missing Milwaukee students was 15-year-old Erik J. Mendoza. Mendoza was charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the Oct. 25 beating death of 5-year-old Prince McCree. McCree’s body was found in a dumpster after being reported missing by his mother the day before.

Mendoza hasn't attended school since Fall 2019, when he would have been about 12 years old.

Mendoza is also accused of committing three random, nonfatal stabbings of strangers he encountered on the street in Milwaukee, two days before Prince was killed.

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[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

On the Milwaukee sub, a topic about the internal issues with the MPS system was discussed. It sounds like corruption is a major problem with the school system. But is the corruption a because of lack of funding? Or is it that the state sees the corruption and doesn't want to fund that?

Either way someone needs to start caring about MPS. School Board members and or the state government

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Man, the story of the 15 year old kid beating a 5 year old kid to death is heartbreaking.