Parents and Kids Fight for Education

Parents are fighting for their kids’ education. 

Waukesha County lawmakers, school district officials and parents said they’re standing firm behind an Assembly bill to change Internet school laws in order to save the Waukesha School District’s iQ Academies and preserve innovative learning in the state.

Supporters said the bill needs to be passed soon, otherwise more than 3,000 students from across the state will be displaced from school in August, putting families in an awkward position in deciding how to further their child’s education.

“This bill is the answer to our prayers,” said Rose Fernandez, president of the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families during a teary-eyed speech Tuesday in Madison. “Today is a really bittersweet day because it’s life or death for us.”

Will the state government listen?