RACINE â Twin sisters Lena and Amanda Ali are hosting a College Readiness Workshop this summer, a series of classes focused on preparing young students on how to succeed in college.
The eight-week long workshop series is free to the community and begins on June 28 and lasts until Aug. 16, with students from grades 7-12 encouraged to attend.
The program will be held on a hybrid model, with in-person classes on Tuesdays at the Racine Interfaith Coalitionâs office at 2032A DeKoven Ave., and the virtual Zoom sessions on Wednesdays. Each class will be from 5:30 p.m.â6:30 p.m.
The roots of the workshop series
Schools could more adequately fund special education programs, pay teachers better, improve mental health services and undo budget losses from over the past 20 years. Nonprofit leaders say more grant
RACINE â A judge and prosecutors were OK with a Racine County Jail inmate being let out to be a pall bearer at his sisterâs funeral. But the Wisconsin Department of Corrections intervened, keeping him behind bars instead of with his family to say his final goodbyes.
Unexpected tragedy
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A lifelong sufferer from sickle cell anemia, Shemera Latrice Ramsey died suddenly at the age of 30 on May 15. Her family gathered for her funeral Friday morning. But Damien Bell, Ramseyâs brother who was supposed to be a pall bearer, wasnât there.
Bell, 37, has been in the Racine County Jail since July. With his attorneyâs help, he applied for a furlough. Inmates are allowed to leave incarceration for a short time for various reasons, such as to visit a sick loved one. Furloughs often are granted on a daily basis for someone facing a low-level charge to allow them to keep their job, with the requirement that they return to jail every night before they make bail or the
In reaction to the news of RUSD expanding summer school following a pandemic-affected school year, NAACP member and former RUSD educator Pamela Harris said, "It s a great day for our