The state Department of Public Instruction is releasing new numbers showing that most Wisconsin school districts will be receiving less state aid for the next school year.

Madison will lose $6.7 million -- a 13 percent cut in funding. Sun Prairie faces about $2 million in cuts, or 6 percent. Verona is losing $2.9 million, a 6 percent cut. Waunakee will be cut by 10 percent, which means it’ll lose $1.8 million.

The cuts come after Gov. Scott Walker's new budget.

The Madison Metropolitan School District said it has named eight principals and an assistant superintendent and, pending Board of Education approval, they will begin their new positions on July 1. 

Joe Gothard has been named the district's assistant superintendent for secondary education (middle and high schools). Gothard comes to this position from La Follette High School, where he was principal.  He has also been principal of Toki Middle School.  He replaces the retiring Pam Nash.

Britta Hanson has been named principal at Franklin Elementary School. Hanson is a current MMSD employee working as an instructional resource teacher.  She received her Master's in Administration from Edgewood College. She replaces the retiring Cathy McMillan.

When four-year-old kindergarten classes begin for the first time in the Madison Metropolitan School District on Sept. 1, they will be held at 54 sites throughout the community.  The exact sites have been finalized as part of the planning process for the inaugural year of 4K in Madison. 

Thirty-two of the sites are Early Childcare & Education Centers which are already established in the community, while 22 are MMSD sites -- all but one are school sites.

The Madison 4K program will use three different models of programming to deliver 4K instruction: