MPS superintendent presents first quarterly performance report; district cites progress on literacy, lead remediation and staffing

Brenda Cassellius, superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, presented the district’s monthly report and introduced the first quarterly performance report, framed around the board’s three strategic pillars: academic achievement, safe and welcoming schools, and efficient operations.

The superintendent said MPS has completed two districtwide teacher trainings toward a 40‑hour professional learning goal in the science of reading and has finished a K–5 math curriculum adoption. She said the district’s K–5 English curriculum is in place, and the administration will seek vendor proposals for high‑school English pending board approval. Deputy Superintendent Eduardo Galvan told the board the goal is to ensure “every one of our educators is experts in the science of reading.”

Cassellius highlighted recent community partnerships and events: a dedication of green schoolyards that now cover 36 MPS schools, an October FAFSA push with city and…