>> ARE YOU CONCERNED? SO THAT'S IT FOR NOW. TMJ FOUR'S LIGHTHOUSE TEAM TAKING QUESTIONS RIGHT TO THE TOP OF MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> AS THAT DISTRICT IS FACING A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE HAVE MORE NOW ON THE ISSUES OF WISCONSIN'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION THREATENING TO WITHHOLD STATE FUNDING FROM MPS OVER THE LACK OF NECESSARY FINANCIAL REPORT. LIGHTHOUSE JOURNALIST BEN JORDAN SPENT THE DAY FOCUSING ON ACCOUNTABILITY. >> WE STARTED OUT AT THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT OFFICE TO TRY TO TRACK DOWN SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR KEITH POSLEY. >> HELLO, I'M BEN JORDAN WITH TMJ STOPPING BY TO SEE IF DOCTOR KEITH POSLEY AS A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH US. I'M SORRY. NO, HE HAS GOING ON ALL DAY. A DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON MET US AT THE ENTRANCE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. SHE REITERATED DOCTOR POSLEY WAS TOO BUSY TODAY TO TALK WITH US AT THE TIME HE MADE TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE REFERENDUM BEFORE IT PASSED. WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT THIS TODAY IF POSSIBLE. SO I'M GOING TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT KIND OF AVAILABILITY WE OTHERWISE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE LATER. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S MEETING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THESE MISSING FINANCIAL REPORT? SO RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING THAT STATEMENT CAME 6 DAYS AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SENT THIS E-MAIL TO DOCTOR POSE LEE. >> IT OUTLINES FOR FINANCIAL REPORTS A DISTRICT HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT, INCLUDING MPS 2023 IN WILL FINANCES DUE LAST SEPTEMBER. >> DPI SAYS, QUOTE, NOT ONLY ARE MANY REQUIRE REPORTS INCREDIBLY LATE. MPS HAS DEMONSTRATED A PATTERN OF SUBMITTING INCOMPLETE DATA. DPI GOES ON TO SAY THE CONSEQUENCE MAY BE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN STATE GENERAL. LATE PAYMENTS FOR MPS IN THE 2020 FOR 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. MPS RESPONDED BY SAYING WE TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY. AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COURSE CORRECT PROMPTLY. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO TALK WITH SCHOOL BOARD, PRESIDENT MARVA HERNDON ON THE PHONE TO RETURN HOUSTON TO CONTENT COME. >> WE SHOWED UP AT HER HOUSE AND SHE ANSWERED THE MARVA. THIS IS BEN JORDAN FROM TMJ 4 WONDERING IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE MISSING FINANCIAL REPORTS THE PRESENT WORKING WITH THIS GREAT YOU JUST HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES FOR US. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO VOTED FOR THE REFERENDUM WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON IT. >> AND WANT YOU RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST NOT TO FEAR KNOWING MY PHONE CALL WORKING WITH THE WHAT'S THE LATEST INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE? >> TIME ARE YOU CONCERNED? SO THAT'S IT FOR NOW. >> MILWAUKEE MAYOR CAVALIER JOHNSON SAYS HE'S ALSO CONCERNED, RIGHT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS IN MILWAUKEE HAVE EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM >> AND THAT, YOU KNOW, MEANS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ACCESS TO ALL THE FUN SUPPORT. WORK IT. SO THAT'S WHERE MY FOCUS IS US FROM CONCERNED ABOUT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE SNAFU THAT HAPPENED OVER CENTRAL OFFICE, THEY'LL BE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THAT. MY CONCERN IS IS THIS ACCEPTABLE. WELL, I WANT THIS TO BE RESOLVED. I WANT TO RESOLVED RIGHT AWAY SO THAT KIDS ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THIS PAST DUE DEADLINE COULD START CAUSING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH. >> DPI SAYS IT MAY WITHHOLD THE DISTRICT'S SPECIAL EDUCATION AID PAYMENT WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO GO OUT IN JUNE LAST YEAR. THAT TOTALED UP TO A LITTLE MORE THAN 15 MILLION DOLLARS REPORTING IN MILWAUKEE. BEN JORDAN TMJ 4 NEWS. >> AND PS DID ISSUE A STATEMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON SAYING THAT DPI CONFIRMED WITH THE DISTRICT THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FULLY RECOUP ANY DELAYED FUNDS. ONE REPORT ARE COMPLETE AND THAT THE ISSUE WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON
