who pays the salary of crossing guards for Milwaukee Public Schools? Does the
Milwaukee Public School system pay crossing guards, or does the City
of Milwaukee pay?

Hello.

The City of Milwaukee pays for the crossing guards.

See: Executive Summary, City of Milwaukee Office of Management and
Budget analysis, Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Milwaukee
Metropolitan Area, by Alicia Sidman et al.

"The city provides MPS several services through cooperation
agreements, including borrowing to finance MPS capital projects,
providing crossing guards, and providing health services, to name a
few."
source:
La Follette School of Public Affairs
http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/publications/workshops/2001-2002/spring/PA869/domestic/Collaboration.pdf
(This document is in PDF format, so the Adobe Acrobat Reader is
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The fact that the city is funding the crossing guards to MPS is
further confirmed by the fact "school crossing guards" are listed as a
"city service" with the same telephone number 935-7990 at the city's
Safety Commission.
http://www.ci.mil.wi.us/citygov/council/directory/cityservicesdirectorypage15.htm

Additional confirmation is the fact that the city took bids last year
for new crossing guard coats. The city wouldn't be buying the coats if
the crossing guards were MPS-funded.
See Bid 1209, City of Milwaukee 2003 BID TABULATIONS/AWARDS 
http://www.ci.mil.wi.us/citygov/doa/sp/Bid%20Tabs/2003BidTab.shtml


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search strategy:
"city of milwaukee" "crossing guards" budget
site:mil.wi.us, crossing

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 30 Apr 2004 00:30 PDT

More confirmation that crossing guards are paid by the city safety
commission, not MPS:

"...OCCUPATION: School crossing guard, Dover St. and Howell Ave.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT: Milwaukee Safety Commission
SALARY: $8.49 per hour, off school holidays, weekends and summer
vacations"

source: Milwaukee Sentinel article, 1998, archived by well.com
http://www.well.com/user/argv/funny/salaries