WUWM

One year and $43M later, Milwaukee Public Schools completes its lead paint cleanup

A newly painted classroom at Trowbridge School of Great Lakes Studies in Milwaukee. The school was closed temporarily in 2025 while crews removed and sealed damaged lead paint. In 2025, Milwaukee ...
Yahoo

Timeline: Here's what we know about lead paint management in Milwaukee Public Schools

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Irene Hayes, 7, left, and Pearl Hayes, 10, show their bandages from the lead screening March 15 at Bradley Technology and Trade ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

‘Ingestion hazard for students’: What we found in a year of requests for MPS to fix paint in schools

To get a sense of how lead paint is being handled in Milwaukee Public Schools, the Journal Sentinel requested a year of the district’s paint-related work orders, from February 2024 to February 2025.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Dangerous levels of lead found in more schools. Health department warns MPS to improve monitoring and control of lead hazards.

This story has been updated to include new information. Just weeks after the Milwaukee Health Department said a Milwaukee Public Schools student had been lead poisoned at school, the city agency on ...
JD Supra

EPA Imposes More Stringent Lead Paint Dust Requirements

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule that reduces the level of lead in dust considered hazardous to "any reportable level," which greatly decreases the amount of lead ...