MPS Teachers Need TIME to UNPACK & Prepare Classrooms for Our Students

ALL MPS School Board Members

Due to decades of defunding of public education by state lawmakers and MPS Administration's negligence, it was discovered last school year that multiple buildings had dangerous levels of lead, creating potentially unsafe learning and working conditions for students and staff. To facilitate lead stabilization, at the end of last school year MPS administration forced teachers to pack up sometimes years' worth of classroom materials with no additional paid time. Many teachers spent numerous hours early in the morning, on evenings and on weekends packing up their classrooms.


MTEA is calling on all members, MPS workers, MPS families and community members to sign this petition TODAY to ensure every MPS teacher has the paid time needed to unpack all of their classroom materials/supplies/resources/books they boxed up in June. Teachers must have up to (8) additional paid hours to complete the arduous task of unpacking and setting up welcoming classrooms for our students.
Petition by
Joe Brusky
Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association
Sponsored by
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Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association Action Network
Milwaukee, WI

To: ALL MPS School Board Members
From: [Your Name]

MPS School Board Members should direct Superintendent Cassellius to immediately offer all teachers up to (8) hours of pay, time carded, to undertake the arduous work of unpacking all of their classroom materials BEFORE Organization Week starts on 8/25.