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 ...

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.

The lead-based paint from those walls likely poisoned the student, they concluded. Beyond that, the damning photos raised concerns about how Milwaukee Public Schools could have lost control of a known ...