Milwaukee voucher school LifeSkills Academy closes 'in the dead of the night'
http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/milwaukee-voucher-school-closes-in-the-dead-of-the-night-b99183859z1-240125681.html
Only 1 student attending the school scored proficient in reading in 2012-'13
A small private school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program abruptly closed in the middle of December, but not before collecting more than $200,000 from taxpayers this academic year to educate students who now attend other schools, state officials confirmed. LifeSkills Academy, a K-8 school that had dwindled to 66 students, appears to have closed around Dec. 12, according to a letter sent to the school from the Department of Public Instruction.
All Saints Catholic Church owns the building that LifeSkills rented at 3434 N. 38th St. "They moved out, as people say, in the dead of the night," Father Carl Diederichs of All Saints said.
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LifeSkills received $202,278 in taxpayer-funded voucher payments from the state this year, and more than $633,248 in voucher payments in 2012-'13, according to the DPI. The school joined the voucher program in 2008-'09 and collected more than $2 million in total public payments to educate children.
No students attending LifeSkills were proficient in reading or math in 2012-'13, except for a single fourth-grade student, according to the most recent state achievement test score results.
I don't always trust my memory, but I can't ever recall a public school with such a history.
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