Milwaukee Public Schools are not full of thugs–Facebook campaign by students
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March 27, 2012
By James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Public Schools students are on a crusade to change the image of the district–one Facebook page at a time. The goal is simple: Change the negative attitudes some people have about the district.
More than 100 MPS students and counting are changing their Facebook profile pictures to indicate that they are not thugs. Some pictures indicate the universities they will be attending in the fall. Other pictures indicate what MPS graduates are majoring in at their respective schools. Still others indicate what the future will bring.
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