The U.S. Department of Education ruled that students with developmental disabilities attending a postsecondary program that long qualified for financial aid could no longer access such assistance.
The charitable group known as 100 Women Who Care-Western Racine County is donating more than $7,000 to Shepherds College, a private post-secondary school for adults with developmental disabilities.
Shepherds College officials say it was "almost too good to be true" when a company offered to send volunteers to clean, paint and landscape the Union Grove college campus at
UNION GROVE â They waited a year because of COVID-19, but the Class of 2020 finally is getting its moment of pomp and circumstance at Shepherds College.
The small private school for students with developmental disabilities held a special graduation ceremony Saturday for graduates who missed their celebration last year.
They waited a year because of COVID-19, but the Class of 2020 finally is getting its moment of pomp and circumstance at Shepherds College. SCOTT WILLIAMS
For the graduates and their family members, the wait made the moment all that much sweeter. It just didn t feel like it was done, said parent Barry Creek, whose son, Ian Creek, completed the college s three-year program for a certificate in horticulture.