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Milwaukee Public Schools students started returning to classrooms Wednesday, for the first time in more than a year.

The state Department of Public Instruction told MPS it might withhold funding if the district continued to provide a "one-size-fits-all" education offering for students with disabilities.

Milwaukee Public Schools families have until Thursday to decide whether their children return to classrooms four days per week, for the rest of the school year. MPS is surveying families following a school board decision to phase in face-to-face learning starting April 14. Families also have a virtual option.

Aisha Carr and Jilly Gokalgandhi won competitive races in MPS Districts 4 and 5.

The Milwaukee Public Schools board approved a plan to return students to classrooms. Students in kindergarten through third grade start returning April 14, then grades fourth through eighth on April 19, and seniors and high school students at risk of failing go back April 26.

With Milwaukee’s COVID-19 infection rates low and vaccinations ramping up, the state’s largest school district may start bringing students back in-person, after a year away. The Milwaukee Public Schools board will discuss its in-person return plan Tuesday.

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