{"id":112535,"date":"2022-10-05T11:27:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=112535"},"modified":"2024-09-27T09:56:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:56:30","slug":"mayor-county-executive-join-m-cubed-leaders-to-urge-high-school-students-to-fill-out-fafsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/mayor-county-executive-join-m-cubed-leaders-to-urge-high-school-students-to-fill-out-fafsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor, county executive join M-Cubed leaders to urge high school students to fill out FAFSA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and County Executive David Crowley joined M3<\/sup> leaders to urge high school seniors and their families to fill out a form critical to unlocking opportunities for financial aid that could help pay for higher education.<\/p>\n

The window for students to start filing the\u00a0Free Application for Federal Student Aid\u00a0(FAFSA<\/a>) for the 2023-24 school year opened Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

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Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson talks about the FAFSA on Tuesday, flanked by MPS Superintendent Keith Posley (right) and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo\/Genaro Armas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI want all of our youth to aspire to go to college and want them to know that filling out the FAFSA is an incredibly helpful tool,\u201d Crowley said Tuesday during a news conference at Milwaukee Public Schools\u2019 Hamilton High School.<\/p>\n

MPS, Milwaukee Area Technical College and 51ÁÔÆæ work together through the M3<\/sup> partnership with a goal of transforming the future of the city and region through education.<\/p>\n

While high school seniors today are almost a year away from starting their college careers, Crowley said it was never too early to start planning ahead. \u201cThere is a potential downside in not filling it out or waiting to fill it out because you\u2019re literally leaving money on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson said filling out the FAFSA and the promise of higher education can help students and families get back on track after pandemic-caused disruptions over the last couple years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want students in Milwaukee to satisfy their academic curiosity,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI want them to build skills. I want them to succeed professionally, and I want them to succeed financially as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FAFSA is an important and early step for us to make that happen,\u201d the mayor added.<\/p>\n

Nawal Odeh, a freshman at 51ÁÔÆæ who graduated in the spring from Hamilton, said her high school\u2019s College and Career Center helped her complete the form in a couple days.<\/p>\n