Milwaukee Public Schools is planning a reboot of its Italian language immersion program after abruptly ending it last school year. The district closed the 4-year-old kindergarten through fifth grade program at Victory K-8 School in June, citing declining enrollment. The school on Milwaukee's far south side, which opened the immersion program in 2006, instead continued offering Italian as a standalone world language class taught for an hour daily.
At a Milwaukee School Board meeting March 10, the district proposed relocating the Italian immersion program to Hi-Mount Community School on the city's west side beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The district would initially open the program to 5-year-old kindergarten students only, with plans to expand to other grades in future years.
