District Advisory Council

Overview

Milwaukee Public Schools established the District Advisory Council (DAC) to ensure that parents of all students have an opportunity to share their ideas about the needs of children, assist in the planning and operation of Title I programs for children and participate in evaluating the success of Title I efforts. Today, the DAC is a diverse group of families committed to lending their voice on current issues faced by Milwaukee Public Schools.

DAC Delegate Forms

The District Advisory Council (DAC) meets monthly to learn about and advise on district strategies and programs impacting families, mainly related to Title I. All school leaders must identify two delegates who are family members of students in their school to the DAC.  Families can serve as a delegates as long as their child(ren) are in Milwaukee Public Schools. The DAC recognizes the most recent representative form submitted by a school leader for which family members serve on the DAC. Additionally, schools may select up to two official alternate members to serve.  Alternate, members are encouraged to attend all meetings and participate in discussions. However, alternate members may only vote when one of the school's official representatives is absent.

The following forms should be completed and signed by the school principal and sent to dac@milwaukee.k12.wi.us or dropped off at  your child's school. 

• Official DAC School Representative form
• Alternate DAC School Representative form

2024-2025 Meeting Dates

DAC meetings occur the first Thursday of the month, October through May from 6:00-7:30 p.m.   Meetings are currently being held virtually until further notice.

• October 3, 2024
• November 7, 2024
• December 5, 2024
• January 2, 2025 
• February 6, 2025
• March 6, 2025
• April 3, 2025
• May 1, 2025

School DAC Representatives as well as other families or community members are welcome to attend. Translation services are always available.

DAC Standing Committees

The District Advisory Council By-Laws state that, "The Standing Committees of the MPS DAC shall be the Election and Bylaws Committee and Family Action and Training Committee. "

The Election and Bylaws Committee is responsible for:

• Conducting all elections of Executive Committee members for the DAC. 
• Overseeing that the function of the DAC is maintained within the bylaws, including amendments of the bylaws.

The role of the Family Action and Training Committee is to:

• Develop, plan, monitor, evaluate and modify programs that will familiarize DAC members with the DAC and their role in it.
• Create the DAC binder, conduct orientation in October, family events, and outreach.
• Actively seek ways to bring programs to the DAC that will help increase family engagement throughout MPS. 
• Seek feedback from DAC members, find out what needs families have and find programs/trainings to address those needs.

DAC Executive Committee

Every November the DAC holds elections for seats on the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee is a working committee and as such may have multiple committees reporting and participating in meetings and business related to the DAC. This committee is responsible for composing agendas for DAC meetings and overseeing all activities.

2022-2023 Executive Committee:

• Co-Chair……………………......Joelle Worm
• Co-Chair..................................
• Member....................................Jennifer Buchanan
• Member.....................................Briana Fox
• Member....................................
• Parent Coordinator.............