MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — In a nondescript lot on the south side, 20 white vans have sat unused for months. Records obtained by CBS 58 show Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) spent more than $1 million on those vans, and plans to get them on the road have shifted for more than a year.
Last winter, a source within the district questioned why the vans were not being put to use. Their only movement was a shift from being parked at the district’s central office at N. 53rd St. and W. Vliet St. to their current home near S. 20th St. and W. Oklahoma Ave.
Through an open records request, CBS 58 sought all communications related to the purchase and use of the vans. After a nearly five-month wait, MPS provided more than two years’ worth of emails…