The superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) resigned Tuesday, the Associated Press reports, with Wisconsin’s largest school district in jeopardy of losing millions of dollars in state funding after not submitting required financial reports to the state.
Keith Posley, a former teacher who has been superintendent since 2018, reportedly resigned hours after a public hearing at which more than 100 parents, school district staff members, and community members called for his ouster.
In addition to potentially losing millions from the state due to missing report filing deadlines, millions of dollars in federal funding are also being withheld from the district’s Head Start program after officials discovered abuse and lack of supervision in MPS programs.
The district received $14 million from the federal Head Start program in the most recent school year, according to district budget materials.
The district has hired Todd Gray, the former Waukesha School District superintendent and a financial consultant who helped the Glendale-River Hills School District through a financial problem. He will be paid $48,000 to help the district through the end of July.
The school board accepted Posley’s resignation around 2 a.m. Tuesday after a closed session that began at about 8 p.m. Monday.
