MPS board meeting; superintendent could be fired, public sounds off

MPS meeting gets heated, superintendent's job on the line

Dozens weighed in on the financial fiasco playing out at Milwaukee Public Schools meeting on Monday night, June 3.

MILWAUKEE - Dozens weighed in on the financial fiasco playing out at Milwaukee Public Schools meeting on Monday night, June 3.

Superintendent Keith Posley’s job may be on the line, but the public also made it known they are also questioning the board.

Parents and concerned community members and elected officials packed the auditorium to weigh in.

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"There is gross mismanagement," one parent said. "We believed in you but we no longer believe in you, and what we will do when election time comes you will not have your jobs."

This happened before the board went behind closed doors to discuss whether or not to demote, discipline or fire Posley.

"I stand with Keith Posley," his pastor George Jolly said. "They say he never at the school, that’s a lie. I’ve never approached where he didn’t try to help."

Posley is in the hot seat since the release of the Department of Public Instruction’s scathing letter, calling out the district for being over eight months behind on submitting required financial data. It could delay millions in state aid for MPS and impact districts statewide.

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"The matter is that if we only get involved when there is a crisis," Alderman Scott Spiker said. "There will never be true change."

MPS President Marva Herndon announced the board is now bringing in an external financial consultant.

Superintendent Keith Posley

"We are working with our stakeholders to conduct a thorough expedited and timely investigation," Herndon said.

The question now is if the board will discipline or fire Posley.