Matc Seeking a Better Way the Rejection of Germantown's Request to Secede From Matc Was Warranted. But the State Needs to Re-Examine the Way It Runs and Funds Its Two-Year Schools.

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We agreed with the vote the other day that rejected a request from the Germantown School District to secede from the Milwaukee Area Technical College and to join the Moraine Park Tech College District. We think -- though Germantown and other school districts have raised legitimate concerns about MATC's high taxes -- that Germantown is a part of the greater Milwaukee area and belongs with MATC.

But we also think the fact that taxpayers are up in arms means the state needs to look at a different way of funding the tech schools and to consider revamping the two systems of two-year schools in Wisconsin. We hope a legislator or two brings up those issues in the next session.

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Matc Seeking a Better Way the Rejection of Germantown's Request to Secede From Matc Was Warranted. But the State Needs to Re-Examine the Way It Runs and Funds Its Two-Year Schools.

Among the arguments used at the Wisconsin Technical College System Board before its vote was that Germantown resid...

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