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Chris Larson: “School board members in Milwaukee, much less across the…”

Featuring: Chris Larson, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 7

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Chris Larson on Milwaukee Public Schools' fiscal situation | Here & Now

Published | Video Starts at 04:06

And I would add, I think it's worth noting that I think, you know, for viewers, a lot of times they view all elected officials as being on the same plane. But for School board members in Milwaukee, much less across the state, these are part time, mostly volunteer positions where they are each paid less than $20,000. which to put it in perspective, people working minimum wage job make just about that for the number of hours that they're putting in. All of them have full time jobs beyond this. (04:06–04:16)

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Asserts that Milwaukee school board members are part-time, mostly volunteer, and paid less than $20,000.

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