High School of the Arts Gets Creative to Erase Debt; Finding Private Donors Is Key to Keeping Specialized Program, Some Say

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Prospects are looking brighter for the coming school year at cash- strapped Milwaukee High School of the Arts. But long term, the school's fate will provide a case study for some of the major challenges facing public education today:

-- Can a financially struggling public school find major private donors?

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High School of the Arts Gets Creative to Erase Debt; Finding Private Donors Is Key to Keeping Specialized Program, Some Say

-- Can a school with a distinct - and sometimes, more costly - specialty, such as the arts, preserve that focus at a time of slimmed-down budgets?

-- And if help comes, will it be from the arts community, business leaders, alumni and parents, or from established funding channels? Where does a public school in need of extra m...

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