The Racine Unified School District Board appears supportive of plans to build a new county juvenile detention center intended to offer full days of school.
At least four Racine County s 21 elected supervisors expressed concerns Tuesday with the proposed Youth Development and Care Center that could be built in Caledonia near Batten International Airport.
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YORKVILLE â During his State of the County address Tuesday, Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave hinted that the countyâs planned new juvenile detention center may no longer be built along Taylor Avenue in the City of Racine.
The construction of the new center is not controversial among the majority of the countyâs and the City of Racineâs leadership. Thereâs general consensus that the current juvenile justice center â on the fourth floor of the Racine County Dennis Kornwolf Service Center â is a prison for kids and needs to be replaced.
Shown is a digital rendering of Racine County s planned $45 million new juvenile detention center to replace the one on the fourth floor of th…