Friday, March 18, 2011
This candidate profile is the third in a series.
Caledonia Patch started its Racine Unified School District Board of Education election coverage this week with profiles of the five candidates competing for three positions. Each of the candidates were interviewed individually and asked to comment on identical questions. The candidates’ responses will appear over the next few days. Three incumbents and two challengers are seeking three-year terms on the board. Members are elected at-large to the nine-member School Board, which sets policy for RUSD—the state’s fourth largest school district. Pamala Handrow, 59, of 1601 Grand Ave., Racine, is a seeking a second term on the Racine Unified School District Board of Education. She has a lengthy background in youth and social services. Handrow is…
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Dennis Wiser, a retired teacher, said to address the achievement gap, you need to support teachers by hiring instructional coaches.
Caledonia Patch begins its Racine Unified School District Board of Education election coverage this week with profiles of the five candidates competing for three positions. Each of the candidates were interviewed individually and asked to comment on identical questions. The candidates’ responses will appear over the next few days. Three incumbents and two challengers are seeking three-year terms on the board. Members are elected at-large to the nine-member School Board, which sets policy for RUSD—the state’s fourth largest school district. Dennis Wiser, 60, of 2517 Pinehurst Ave., Racine, has a long history with the Racine Unified School District. He was a high school math teacher for 28 years, including 10 years as math department …
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Each candidate will be featured individually. Today we begin with Roger Pfost.
Caledonia Patch begins its Racine Unified School District Board of Education election coverage this week with profiles of the five candidates competing for three positions. Each of the candidates were interviewed individually and asked to comment on identical questions. The candidates’ responses will appear over the next few days. Three incumbents and two challengers are seeking three-year terms on the board. Members are elected at-large to the nine-member School Board, which sets policy for RUSD—the state’s fourth largest school district. Roger Pfost, 79, of 3114 Caledonia St., wants a seat on the Racine Unified School District Board of Education because he believes the district needs to be more accountable to the public. Pfost is making …
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Over 1,000 students are included and some are in Wind Point and Caledonia.
Areas of the Racine Unified School District that pose safety hazards to about 1,000 students that ride a bus were officially mapped and adopted by the Board of Education on Monday. Transportation Supervisor Patrick Starken told the board that the unusual hazardous areas have been previously identified and described in a narrative, but the locations haven’t been plotted on a map until now. Students who live in these designated areas are exempted from the district’s policy of not providing transportation to those who live less than two miles from their school. Pockets of Caledonia and Wind Point are included on the map because of safety factors such as no safe walk areas along streets, narrow road shoulders, children under 6th grade and lack…
Brian Dey
11:21 am on Friday, March 18, 2011
If they had the money upfront to purchase this building and supposedly it will pay for itseld in + years, then why wasn't this money spent on our children. Central office is over inflated with the number of employees it has to begin with. Then on top of it give them a building far better than the ones our children are in, and then we ask the ones that pay the bills to spend even more to fix up … more ›