Teach Your Children

Interesting life lessons to be learned from the Racine Unified School District.

For review, in April RUSD came to the public with a referendum that was soundly defeated. Superintendent Hicks came back threatening to cut athletics as the only option to balance the budget. This had the desired effect, energizing the students to go door to door passing petitions and crying about the terrible cuts.Well it worked and the next referendum passed. (No never means no in Racine)

And now what do we get from RUSD?The following Racine Unified School District sports teams will be eliminated for the 2005-06 school year: Freshman girls volleyball - Freshman baseball- freshman football, which was a second freshman team - Limited JV golf - JV wrestling- JV swimming- Girls JV tennis- Boys JV tennis- Boys JV track- Girls JV track- Varsity reserve football- Middle school intramurals.

Well RUSD is doing a good job of teaching political science. They got their 6.5 million and they got increased spending from Governor Doyle's magic increasing decrease pen. And they took the kids and said thanks for the cash, you are still screwed, we need this money for teachers and administrative expense.

Our kids have learned a lesson about politics. They love you when you help them get the votes. After said votes are counted, then they screw you over.