Children’s Health

Milwaukee health officials said they’re focusing on local efforts to address the school district’s lead crisis in the absence of federal support. 

In her new book “More Than Play: How Law, Policy, and Politics Shape American Youth Sport,” author Dionne Koller makes the case that youth sports create value for a variety of stakeholders but also come with some negative consequences.

The Milwaukee Health Department is now without the help of federal employees who were assisting the department with the response to the ongoing lead crisis at the city’s school district. 

Sean Kane, the man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools, is no longer with the district. 

The man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools is being reprimanded by the state for misrepresenting himself after he didn’t renew his architect license.

Three schools in Milwaukee are still temporarily closed two weeks after it was announced that “significant lead hazards” were found inside the buildings. 

Congress provided billions of dollars to help communities remove lead pipes under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. The funding will help water systems pay for those projects. Almost all of them can apply for forgivable loans. But Superior’s water utility is barred from doing so.

“MPS allowed children back into the work areas at Fernwood to attend class on March 11, 2025, while paint chip dust and debris from the previous night’s work was present,” the letter states.

Three more schools in Milwaukee are closing after staff with the city health department identified “significant lead hazards” when inspecting the properties this week.

Health officials in Milwaukee are holding a free lead poisoning screening clinic for school children who may have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead at four Milwaukee Public Schools.