[Wisconsin] Education Daily — November 9, 2026: Smaller Classes, Missing Money

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Madison's elementary classrooms are shrinking below the board's own minimum as enrollment falls by about three hundred students, while Milwaukee works to recover the last of four hundred fifty thousand dollars lost to bank impersonation fraud its own auditors warned about in twenty twenty-four — and tonight Milwaukee's closure-criteria committee meets again. Sources: - Madison Elementary Class Sizes Shrink as Enrollment Drops, More Rooms Fall Below District Minimum (Focal News, published November 9, 2026): https://focalnews.org/madison-wi/local/madison-elementary-class-sizes-shrink-as-enrollment-drops-more-rooms-fall-below-district-minimum - MPS installs acting CFO after district fell victim to $450K fraud (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 3, 2026): https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2026/11/03/mps-installs-acting-cfo-after-district-fell-victim-to-450k-fraud/92592883007/ - Nearly $450K stolen from Milwaukee Public Schools in bank impersonation fraud (TMJ4, November 3, 2026, updated November 4, 2026): https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/county-reporting/milwaukee-county/nearly-450k-stolen-from-milwaukee-public-schools-in-bank-impersonation-fraud - MPS bank impersonation scam, oversight gaps identified years ago (FOX6 Milwaukee, November 5, 2026; 2024 MPS Office of Accountability and Efficiency audit): https://fox6now.com/news/mps-bank-impersonation-scam-oversight-gaps - Next Great Schools committee meeting is rescheduled, and two meetings added (Milwaukee Public Schools news page, milwaukeepublicschools.org; search the MPS news section for 'Great Schools meeting moved'): https://www.milwaukeepublicschools.org/about/news/detail/~board/stories/post/great-schools-meeting-moved - Special Education and School-Age Parents Aid — FY2027 reporting deadlines, revised data re-certification by November 17, 2026 for the December 14, 2026 second aid payment (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction): https://dpi.wi.gov/sfs/aid/special-ed/sped-sap/overview - DPI Calls for New Investments in Students, Libraries, and Critical Education Services in First Part of 2027-29 Budget Request — second and final part to be released in November (Wisconsin DPI via GovDelivery): https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIDPI/bulletins/42ad76c AI Generated

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