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The Alliance for Education in Waukesha is a rapidly-growing parent group in Waukesha that seeks to:

Support a safe and productive learning environment for all Waukesha students
Foster a collaborative and constructive work environment for all Waukesha teachers and staff
Create a space for civil discourse regarding education in Waukesha

Who We Are

We are people just like you. We are parents, grandparents, guardians, and community members who have come together to support the health, safety, and learning of ALL our children.
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Our Priorities

We are focused on taking action to make our community stronger. We believe in our community, and we believe that together we can make it a better place for all of us.
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Want to join a community of supportive, likeminded people? Ready to pitch in and plant the seeds to grow a better, stronger, more inclusive school district community for all of us?
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School Board Candidate Questionnaire: Mitch Gallagher

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The Alliance sent detailed questionnaires to all 5 active school board candidates. As we receive them, we are publishing each candidate’s unedited answers so that you can make an educated decision this April. The questions are roughly grouped into 5 categories: La Alianza envió cuestionarios detallados a los cinco candidatos activos para la junta escolar. A medida que los recibimos, estamos publicando las respuestas sin editar de cada candidato para que puedas tomar una decisión informada este abril. Las preguntas están agrupadas aproximadamente en cinco categorías: About the Candidate / Acerca del Candidato About the District / Acerca del Distrito […]

We have been concerned since the beginning of the OOF process that the district's haste would lead to sloppy implementation. We take no joy in being right.

December 19, 2025

SDW’s Failure to Launch Optimizing Our Future Plan

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Yesterday, the School District of Waukesha (SDW) attempted the first step of implementing the Optimizing Our Future (OOF) plan, which the school board had approved in November as a way to “right size” the footprint of the district. Unfortunately this first step was a major stumble, as the district sent multiple emails to families with incorrect information pertaining to school assignments and transportation availability, and was forced to immediately issue retractions, promising that “A follow-up communication containing your corrected school placement and transportation eligibility will be sent […] as soon as we have corrected the data.” Additionally, some families have, […]

Concerned about OOF? We want to hear from you.

November 17, 2025

Serious Concerns about SDW Board and Administration Actions Regarding Optimizing Our Future Plan

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The Alliance for Education in Waukesha (AEW) is a parent-led organization, founded in January 2021, that is dedicated to safe, healthy and strong public schools in Waukesha. As such, we have deep concerns about the future of the School District of Waukesha (SDW) after the school board’s approval of the “Optimizing Our Future” (aptly nicknamed OOF) E.1 plan last Wednesday, November 12, 2025. Over the next week and a half, we’ll be diving in to a multitude of concerns that we feel are important to students, families, teachers, staff, and all members of the SDW community. Those include: Concerns about […]

A photo of SDW district office with the text Slow Down. Do Things Right.

October 17, 2025

New Petition Alert: Slow Down “Optimizing Our Future”

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We all want to make sure our students’ needs are kept front and center in the “Optimizing Our Future” process in SDW. As the process moves forward, it’s clear that ALL students will potentially be impacted by the proposed changes and that the community has many questions and concerns that have yet to be addressed. That’s why we’ve started a NEW petition to ask the board and administration to: Slow down and take the time to comprehensively map out the logistics, costs, impacts, obstacles, and solutions inherent in each option. Commission an independent impact study to assess the impacts of […]