RACINE â Racine Unified School Board member Dr. Michael Frontier wants to see change on the school board.
So heâs stepping aside to allow for that â and is hoping a person of color fills his place.
âI think the board is sympathetic to issues, but when we have a school district that is probably 60% minority, there should be some representation of the commitment of the student body and the families,â Frontier said, noting how all nine current members of the School Board are white. âWe need people on the board who are experiencing issues that our families face.â Journal Times staff
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Hundreds of emails to council members have poured in over recent weeks with concerns about the plan.
Some members of the community called for the City Council to modify its Safer Racine ordinance, ordering the continuation of remote learning until all teachers who want to get a COVID-19 vaccine have gotten it. The council did not act on those requests, however, although there is a precedent for this, since the city ordered school buildings within borders to be closed following Thanksgiving through Jan. 15.
Other letter writers wanted the City Council to have RUSD craft a more comprehensive plan for addressing health and safety concerns before sending students back to school. However, the City of Racine does not have any immediate control over the Racine Unified School District â despite overlapping jurisdictions, they are separate governmental entities.