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Racine Unified School District to begin offering in-person classes in March Updated: 8:56 p.m. on Jan. 25, 2021 RACINE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- At the Racine Unified School District Board meeting on Monday, Jan. 25, the district laid out its plan to begin offering families in-person classroom opportunities starting in March. RUSD has not had in-person classes since spring of 2020. The district faced mounting pressure from parents to move ahead with in-person classes while the teachers’ union voiced concerns about the spread of coronavirus and advocated for continued virtual learning. The district...

Wittke Former Racine Unified School Board president and current state Rep. Bob Wittke, R-Wind Point, wants to see district students back in school buildings. Wittke says that there is a “crisis” across the state when it comes to reading and math proficiency for K-12 students. That’s on top of some of the worst racial disparities in the country, making it even more important for kids to get back into schools, where most of them do their best learning, according to Wittke. “These are basic skills that help our K-12 population reach opportunities,” Wittke said. Wittke jo...

Some parents were outraged when they learned that Racine Educators United had asked teachers through a survey if they would be willing to participate in a mock funeral procession this Saturday to “highlight returning teachers to the building is unsafe” at this point in the COVID-19 pandemic. Reannyn Bickle, who has been a vocal advocate of returning to in-person learning for Racine Unified students, called the idea for the procession “truly disgusting” in an email to District Superintendent Eric Gallien. “If this mock funeral protest happens, that’s an assured fe...

RACINE — With a February deadline at the forefront of organizers’ minds, a group is pushing the Racine Unified School Board to take the next steps in what has been a three-year project to create a new charter school in Racine. Members of the Racine Scholars Academy governance board came before The Racine Unified School Board on Dec. 7 to update RUSD’s board on progress. School plan Racine Scholars Academy is a school that has been approved by the RUSD board but does not have a location yet. It is planned to serve students from Pre-K through fifth grade. The plan would be to sta...