AF-Milwaukee: Why School Choice Matters

525 East Menomonee Street,Milwaukee WI 53202

26 January, 2022

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Join AF-Milwaukee & Nicholas Kelly, President of School Choice Wisconsin, on Wednesday, January 26, to celebrate National School Choice Week Wisconsin is home to the nation’s oldest private voucher program. The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), created with bipartisan support in 1990, now provides education options to almost 30,000 students in Wisconsin’s largest city. The Racine program was added in 2011, the statewide program in 2013, and the Special Needs Scholarship Program in 2015. Today nearly 56,000 students are receiving an outstanding education and have a brighter future. Join AF-Milwaukee and Nicholas Kelly, President of School Choice Wisconsin, for a celebration of National School Choice Week. Nicholas will provide a discussion on the importance of school choice and its overlap with AF-Milwaukee's 2022 community initiative of poverty and homelessness. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, January 26, at 5:30 pm at Camp Bar Third Ward. About Nicholas Kelly: Nicholas Kelly leads strategic planning efforts to make sure SCW remains a leader in the parent choice movement in Wisconsin. He is devoted to ensuring parents throughout the state have educational options and will advocate for the rights of all parents to make educational choices for their children. Working with school, business, and other community leaders, he builds statewide support for parent choice. Before joining School Choice Wisconsin, Nicholas was the Principal of St. Thomas More High School. He and his team improved the schools’ academics and infrastructure while building a solid culture among faculty and staff. Nic holds a Master of Arts degree in Secondary Education and Educational Leadership from Cardinal Stritch University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. He recently received the prestigious Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Principal Leadership Award. About America's Future: America’s Future empowers young people to be active, civil, and curious citizens who build freer communities that lead to fulfillment, dignity, and happiness for all.We’re working toward a time in America where young people collaborate to drive change in their communities – change that equips the individual to build a free and happy life.America’s Future offers rising generations opportunities for networking, mentoring, leadership and community engagement through our national network and extensive array of programming. America’s Future (AF) empowers young people to be active, civil, and curious citizens who build freer communities that lead to fulfillment, dignity, and happiness for all. We’re working toward a time in America where young people collaborate to drive change in their communities – change that equips the individual to build a free and happy life. America’s Future offers rising generations opportunities for networking, mentoring, leadership and community engagement through our national network and extensive array of programming.