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.
RACINE â Following a Racine Unified School Board session earlier this month that told a proposed charter schoolâs governance board that potential locations were lacking, the governance board is pursuing other possibilities.
âSince the last meeting, we have options. And Iâd like to discuss that because I donât think that this is a done deal yet,â said Milt Thompson, a member of Racine Scholars Academyâs board and its proposed director.
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After a review by the Racine Unified School District of its facilities, it was determined there are no usable spaces for Racine Scholars Academy. The review was presented to the Racine Unified School Board at its work session on Feb. 1.
RACINE — With only 53% of students signed up to return to in-person classes in March, Racine Unified School District administrators seem more hopeful about their ability to socially distance
With all the talk these days about soaring student debt and rising tuition costs hamstringing college students, it was a welcome relief to have a bit of good news in