As students went back to school in Milwaukee this year, nearly two dozen seats were left empty from children who have died due to gun violence since June 2024.
That’s the premise of new reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel titled The Lost Class. Reporters Cleo Krejci and David Clarey examine the cycle of loss: “Each time a young person is shot and killed, their loved ones pack funeral parlors and erect public memorials. School communities mourn the loss of a friend, student and classmate. Elected officials pledge action.”
“Then, it happens again.”…