Meet
Frances Brock Starms

Mrs. Starms has the honor of being the only living person after whom a Milwaukee Public School has been named. Three schools now claim her as namesake: Starms Early Childhood Center, Starms Monumental Baptist Early Childhood Center, and Starms Discovery Learning Center which educates our 1st through 8th grade students. We have the honor of having her gracious presence.

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Frances Brock Starms graduated with honors from Spelman College. She continued her education at Atlanta University where she received a Master of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education. Her post-graduate work included scholarly research at the University of Southern California and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Since her retirement as Director of the Milwaukee Public Schools Head Start program, she has remained a strong advocate for the educational success of all children. She has received numerous award and citation and her writings have been published in numerous local publications. Her poems express the richness and enduring strength of the African-American heritage. Her collection of poems relects the beauty and texture of that heritage and clearly communicates that "Love Is Best", the title of her collection of poems.