Another voucher school in financial trouble

Another private school participating in Milwaukee's voucher program faces severe financial problems.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Mandella School of Science and Math owes the state about $330,000. Teachers say their paychecks have either been late or have not arrived at all, and a bus company claims the school owes it nearly $100,000.

The state has filed eight tax warrants against the school's principal in the last eight years. According to the newspaper, a garnishment notice filed this fall claimed principal David Seppeh owed $171,000 in taxes.

Earlier this year, another voucher school, Alex's Academics of Excellence, was in the news for financial mismanagement.

The school was evicted from its location last year for failure to pay rent even though it has received $2.8 million in payments from the state. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, two former administrators at Alex's have accused James A. Mitchell, the school's chief executive officer (a convicted rapist) "of financial mismanagement and allowing employees to carry and use marijuana and cocaine while at the school."