When Natalia Taft and her daughter, Lydia, arrived at Festival Hall a little before noon Thursday morning, mere hours after Pfizer vaccinations were OK’d by the Wisconsin Department of Health
RACINE â Natalia Taft waves her arms in the air, relief and joy washing over her masked face after the needle that had been carrying a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is pulled from her 12-year-old daughterâs arm.
Natalia Taft waves her arms in the air after her daughter gets her first COVID-19 vaccine Thursday morning at Festival Hall. ADAM ROGAN,
When Natalia and her daughter, Lydia, arrived at Festival Hall a little before noon Thursday, mere hours after Pfizer vaccinations were OKâd by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for children ages 12-15, Natalia was singing and dancing â trying to boost Lydiaâs spirits and keep her mind off the impending needle.
RACINE â For 13-year-old Lydia Taft, a student at Starbuck Middle School in Racine, one of the most important things is for her and her peers to have equal access to health care.
âFor a lot of kids in middle school, itâs tough,â Taft said. âTeenage hormones, anxiety.â
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Taft was one of the speakers at a press conference advocating for Governor Tony Eversâ proposed state budget and how it supports public education. The conference was held Monday afternoon at Julian Thomas Elementary School, 930 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Racine.
RACINE â There may be changes coming to the way the City of Racine handles juvenile justice.
Someday in the future, youths could go to teen court for minor infractions and have cheaper fines more appropriate for juvenile offenders than their adult counterparts, although it wouldn t have any effect for teens charged with severe offenses.
Through this proposed change and others being considered, the city is aiming to build a system that promotes accountability while dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension, Teen Court works to create a change in youth behavior, provides an opportunity for youth to restore their image in the community while repairing their relationship between themselves and the victim, facilitates the strengthening of family resiliency, and offers ways youth can gain academic and 21st century life skills for future success.
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