Students Rally, March to Racine Unified School Board for Student Bill of Rights
A crowd of students left the Monday School Board meeting happy after the Racine Unified School Board agreed to set up a committee to study a 'Student Bill of Rights.' Part of YES (Youth Empowered in the Struggle) crafted the Bill and asked the school dist
A crowd of about 100 students and their teachers packed Monday’s school board meeting to voice their support for their Student Bill of Rights. Before they made their way to the Racine Unified Administration building, the group rallied at the Racine Labor Center. Participants are part of Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES) and are supported by Voces de la Frontera. A total of eleven Racine Unified students and teachers stressed the importance of having student voices as part of the decision-making process in the district. Nearly every student who spoke made reference to the work a mixed group of students from Milwaukee and Racine Unified put into the Student Bill of Rights. Milwaukee Public Schools had a similar hearing last month. Sam …
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Ed Holladay
10:04 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
The anti-union stuff does not resonate with me. I am conservative, but I believe unions have done great things for this nation. These voucher schools, where unions don't exist, have not done any better: here or in Milwaukee. States without collective bargaining have not done better than Wisconsin. There are other issues attacking our schools. more ›