Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) state budget would allow most school districts to decide how many hours students attend school rather than having the state impose a minimum requirement. The rule change would apply to students enrolled in private voucher schools and public schools, according to a story by the Journal Sentinel. Under current law, Wisconsin […]
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Racine Unified Taxes Up; Vouchers, Decreased State Aid to Blame
Racine Unified property owners will pay 82 cents more in taxes in 2016 than in 2015, and district officials are blaming the way voucher schools are funded and a decrease in state aid for the increase. Property owners paid $9.59 per $1,000 in assessed value last year; that amount goes up to $10.41 next year. […]
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Renaissance School 1 Step Closer to Sturtevant Location
Only a handful of residents attended the public hearing Wednesday in Sturtevant about rezoning the Sturtevant SportsPlex so part of it can house grades K4 – 8th grade at the Renaissance School. Alan Acker was the only resident to speak. He asked if the school would be tax exempt, but President Steve Jansen assured Acker […]
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Racine Unified, Renaissance Agree on Busing
Students who attend the Renaissance School in Pleasant Prairie will continue to get bused to the Mount Pleasant campus under an agreement hammered out late last week. Racine Unified spokesperson Stacy Tapp confirmed for Racine County Eye that the district will continue transport 44 fourth and fifth grade students to the Renaissance School on Taylor […]
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Renaissance Busing Dispute Could be Headed to Court
A busing dispute between the Racine Unified School District and Renaissance School could be headed to court. At issue is the district’s decision to end bus service at the end of the month for 44 Renaissance students because they are then transported to the school’s Kenosha campus, a story in The Journal Time reads. Specifically, […]
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Zoning Approvals Move New Voucher School Forward
A new voucher school will take up residence in the former Careers Industries building now that city alderpersons approved zoning changes for the location. Three different zoning amendments were approved Tuesday with a vote of 13-1, according to a story in The Journal Times, and Hope Via will open at 3502 Douglas Ave. this fall. Ald. […]
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Former Racine Unified Super: Public Schools Outperform Private
Public schools are working, and in most cases, better than their private counterparts, according to an op-ed from former Racine Unified Superintendent James Shaw. The piece appeared in The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel last week. Shaw writes that conducting a straight comparison of public and private schools is like comparing apples to oranges because of the […]
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Trinity Lutheran School To Accept Choice Students Next Year
Trinity Lutheran School, 7900 Nicholson Rd., will become a choice school starting in the 2014-15 school year. But the change to the school’s transportation schedule will cost the Racine Unified School District $50,000, said Patrick Starken, transportation supervisor for the Racine Unified School District. Officials from Trinity requested to change the start time for the 2014-15 […]