Hundreds of emails to council members have poured in over recent weeks with concerns about the plan.
Some members of the community called for the City Council to modify its Safer Racine ordinance, ordering the continuation of remote learning until all teachers who want to get a COVID-19 vaccine have gotten it. The council did not act on those requests, however, although there is a precedent for this, since the city ordered school buildings within borders to be closed following Thanksgiving through Jan. 15.
Other letter writers wanted the City Council to have RUSD craft a more comprehensive plan for addressing health and safety concerns before sending students back to school. However, the City of Racine does not have any immediate control over the Racine Unified School District â despite overlapping jurisdictions, they are separate governmental entities.