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Failing public schools selfishly try to prevent students from transferring to better schools

January 02, 2014 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

In my home-state, the largest and worst school district has 15 vacant school buildings, down from 27 a few years ago.  Maintaining these buildings costs taxpayers in the City of Milwaukee almost three-quarters of a million dollars each year.  The Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) district refused to sell or lease the vacant buildings to high-perform ...