Wauwatosa School District

The Wauwatosa School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves student in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States.

History

In August 2022 the school district established a new curriculum for sex education.[1]

In October 2022 Beck Andrew Salgado of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote that the "stability" of the district was damaged by political pressures and by some fights that occurred on campuses.[2]

In late October 2022 members of Moms for Liberty and other right wing groups went to a meeting of the board of trustees, and police intervened.[3]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2016-17 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics) are as follows:[4][5]

Elementary schools (grades K-5)

Lincoln Elementary School
  • Eisenhower Elementary - 390 students
  • Jefferson Elementary - 277 students
  • Lincoln Elementary - 303 students
  • Madison Elementary - 310 students
  • McKinley Elementary - 414 students
  • Roosevelt Elementary - 395 students
  • Underwood Elementary - 288 students
  • Washington Elementary - 341 students
  • Wauwatosa STEM School - 133 students
  • Wilson Elementary - 147 students

Montessori Schools (grades K-8)

  • Wauwatosa Montessori School - 165 students

Middle schools (grades 6-8)

Longfellow Middle School
  • Longfellow Middle - 874 students
  • Whitman Middle - 709 students

High schools (grades 9-12)

Other

  • Alternative Program[6]
  • Additional WSD services are provided to juvenile residents of the Milwaukee County Grounds—at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee County's Children and Adolescent Services Center—through the River Hills School on the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex grounds. County juveniles in secure detention receive educational services through the Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center School within the Milwaukee County Children's Court building.

References

  1. ^ Salgado, Beck Andrew (August 23, 2022). "Wauwatosa schools change their sex education curriculum amid protests, will start teachings as early as kindergarten this year". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Salgado, Beck Andrew (October 19, 2022). "Fights, security issues and political divides have plagued the start of the school year in Wauwatosa". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Salgado, Beck Andrew (October 28, 2022). "Right-wing activist groups targeted a recent Wauwatosa School Board meeting. They're 'just getting started.'". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "About Our Schools". Wauwatosa School District Web. 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2007.
  5. ^ "Search for public schools". Common Core of Data. National Center for Education Statistics. 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2007.
  6. ^ "Alternative Program". Wauwatosa School District Web. 2007. Retrieved December 30, 2007. The Wauwatosa Alternative School Program was designed for junior and senior students from Wauwatosa East and West who became credit deficient. The school operates out of two rooms and one office in the district headquarters. The students participate in gym during the first and fourth quarter of the year in Dale Breitlow field. The baseball field is located behind the school.