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Milwaukee Public Schools lost control of widespread lead paint hazards. Here's how it happened.

It was early January when investigators, searching for the source of lead poisoning in a Milwaukee child, discovered the flaking walls in a basement bathroom at Golda Meir Elementary School. The ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

‘Ingestion hazard for students’: What we found in a year of requests for MPS to fix paint in schools

To get a sense of how lead paint is being handled in Milwaukee Public Schools, the Journal Sentinel requested a year of the district’s paint-related work orders, from February 2024 to February 2025.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Dangerous levels of lead found in more schools. Health department warns MPS to improve monitoring and control of lead hazards.

This story has been updated to include new information. Just weeks after the Milwaukee Health Department said a Milwaukee Public Schools student had been lead poisoned at school, the city agency on ...