Milwaukee committee recommends terminating Central City Cyber School charter after failure to provide dissolution plan

The City of Milwaukee Charter School Review Committee voted Wednesday to recommend that the Common Council terminate the charter contract of Central City Cyber School after the school failed to submit required dissolution documentation and appeared to transfer operations without following the city’s dissolution procedures.

Gail, staff to the Charter School Review Committee, told members that "Central City Cyber School has not submitted the required board approved documentation of dissolution and remains under contract with the City of Milwaukee as an active charter school." Gail said the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) continues to treat Central City Cyber School as an active local education agency for the 2025–26 school year and that DPI requires full reporting and a financial audit in December 2026.

The recommendation grew from a timeline of requests and follow-ups that staff summarized at the meeting. According to the committee memo, Central City notified the city in April of an intent to combine with Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy (HFCA). DPI clarified that a legal merger had not been…