Leaders of a major Milwaukee charter school network will ask a city board this week to allow them to build a $55 million school on the south side — though they say they’re not sure yet who will attend it. The proposal, which leaders say started as a dream project for the Carmen Schools of […]
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Former state Delegate Carmen Amedori dies
Carmen Amedori, a Carroll County Republican, served in the House of Delegates from 1998 to 2002. Photo by Bryan P. Sears. Carmen Amedori, a Republican Carroll County delegate who was a staunch advocate for gun rights, died Sunday after a lengthy battle with chronic kidney disease. She was 68. Amedori developed a reputation as a […]
Carmen charter schools won’t leave Milwaukee Public Schools buildings without a fight
Since Walker Middle School closed on Milwaukee’s southwest side in 2007, two charter schools have come to consider the building home. For the most part, they co-exist; the students use separate entrances, eat in the cafeteria at different hours, and split time in the auditorium with a shared calendar. Their leaders praise each other for […]