The third annual Milwaukee new small high school enrollment fair will be held on January 13, 2007. The event will take place at the Shops of Grand Avenue, 275 West Wisconsin Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Prospective students and their families will be able to gather information on more than two dozen new, small high schools at the fair. Both public and private schools will be represented.

Staff from MPS Student Services will be present to enroll students in the new high schools or any other Milwaukee Public School.

"The fair provides the best opportunity for students, parents and teachers to find out about the options available in our new small high schools," said Martin Lexmond, MPS director of High School Redesign.

Milwaukee Public Schools and the Technical Assistance and Leadership Center (TALC) sponsor the fair.

The fair is part of the Milwaukee high school redesign initiative, which is funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

New high schools being offered by MPS in the 2007-2008 school year are Health Sciences Career Institute, the School of Urban Planning and Architecture, Small Learning Communities, and WORK Institute.

MPS has opened 23 new small high schools since 2004.

Some of the new schools are entirely original, and others are redesigned from larger, traditional high schools.

For more information contact Martin Lexmond, MPS director of High School Redesign, at (414) 475-8845.