The head of Racine's public schools will leave office on Sept. 1. Director of Special Education Ann Laing is likely to be named interim superintendent.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
As students return for another school year Sept. 1, that day will likely be Racine Unified Superintendent James Shaw's last day on the job. Shaw announced his resignation at a press conference Monday afternoon saying, "it was just time" to leave. William Van Atta, Board of Education president, said Shaw's announcement wasn't a surprise as Shaw had been very open with the Board about his plans. Dr. Ann Laing, who currently serves as the director of special education for Racine Unified, would serve as the interim superintendent until a new superintendent is found. "The RUSD Board of Education, the staff, students and community are grateful to Dr. Shaw for the professionalism, dedication and energy to RUSD to advance student learning,” Van …
Greenfield hosts more than a dozen school officials from around the state.
A dozen school administrators, board members and parents from around the state spoke Wednesday of the dire fiscal issues their districts are currently facing and will face in the future as the result of the state's school funding policies. The Wisconsin Opportunity to Learn Network-sponsored event, held in the administration offices of the Greenfield School District, gave educational leaders a chance to publicly come clean about the current fiscal concerns they have for their districts as a result of the budgetary policies passed by the legislature and Governor Scott Walker this year. Jim Shaw, the administrator of the Racine Area School District, indicated that his district faces a $25 million deficit this year and a projected $10 …
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Drizzit
7:00 pm on Monday, August 22, 2011
We spend $13,000 per student in Racine & what do we get for this huge investment? We could send our children to some accredited schools for that amount & avoid being stabbed for their i-pod. We have some great teachers & some horrible teachers & we need to start distinguishing for a change. more ›