![]() Have a question about education you'd like WUWM's Emily Files to dig into? Submit it below. In the short term though, employees like cafeteria workers Brice and Benson are seeing bigger raises than they have in a long time. But in future budget cycles, the school board has the power to get rid of the salary schedules as easily as it resurrected them. MPS’s current leaders support taking this step despite fiscal uncertainty. The school board is set to revisit that question when it makes budget adjustments in October. ![]() "How are they going to sustain this going forward?"Īnother question is how much the salary schedules will cost when it comes to the more expensive employees, like teachers and principals. "The question is kind of a long-term one," Chapman said. Evers, future revenue is unpredictable and depends on enrollment. "On the one hand, we absolutely sympathize with the district’s need to address its teacher attraction and retention challenges with increases in salaries and benefits," Chapman says.īut she notes that even though state funding is increasing this year under Gov. How are they going to sustain this going forward?" - Wisconsin Policy Forum researcher Anne Chapman "The question is kind of a long-term one. Applications may only be completed via the online employment center. In public testimony, teachers and other workers spoke of an exodus of MPS employees leaving for better-paying jobs in other districts. Current City of Milwaukee Employment Opportunities. "Re-establishing salary schedules for all workers in the district is integral to ensure we have an adult in every classroom waiting for children in the morning," Mizialko says. READ: $1.2 Billion MPS Budget Maintains Staffing, But Employees Say It's Not Enough They had a receptive audience in a new, union-friendly board and superintendent. ![]() Members testified for hours at school board budget hearings. The union was the driving force behind the new salary schedules. ALBA School is actively recruiting licensed and experienced candidates for a Childrens Health Assistant position. "I think it’s clear that people are seeing and feeling hope they haven’t had since Act 10," Mizialko says. But Milwaukee Teachers Education Association president Amy Mizialko says the promise of better compensation is boosting morale. The biggest employee group - teachers - haven’t yet. WUWM MTEA President Amy Mizialko (right) and MPS building service helper Anita Blue talked to reporters before a spring budget hearing, where employees asked the school board to reinstate salary schedules.īenson and Brice are two of the about 3,300 MPS workers who have already been brought on to the salary schedules.
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