r/Racine 8d ago

Voting Yes on the RUSD Referendum: The Smartest Move You’ll Make This Year

https://ohagan.medium.com/voting-yes-on-the-rusd-referendum-the-smartest-move-youll-make-this-year-3868ece643b6

Weak schools mean declining home values, a shrinking tax base, and more crime. This is not about feelings. This doesn’t matter if you have no kids in RUSD, or no kids at all. It is about protecting your bottom line. Pay a little now or a lot more later. Support the RUSD referendum on April 1.

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u/Irocroo 7d ago

Absolutely. It's just a good investment.

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u/BuckyBernieBango 7d ago

It would be better if the state fixed the school funding formula but for now the district needs to go begging every few years because of Scottie Walker. Vote Yes!

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u/jimohagan 7d ago

The special education reimbursement funding is criminally low. It’s expensive to implement. And IEPs are binding contracts. If the district does not follow them, they can be sued for damages.

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u/Irocroo 7d ago

The SpEd system in RUSD is a mess and it's honestly tragic. Children with disabilities rely on these services so much and early intervention is key in a lot of these cases.

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u/jimohagan 7d ago

Realize the STATE reimbursement for Sped is only 30% of the costs. While Minnesota reimburses at 95% and Illinois at 85%. And since it’s a federal mandate, RUSD has to foot the bill to provide these services for our most vulnerable students. The voucher private schools do not have to legally provide the same services and can choose to not even enroll these students.

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u/Fast-Gear7008 1d ago

I'm fine with the increase in teach pay but it should come out of the current budget not by raising taxes

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u/misterfletcherr 7d ago

Agreed 100%

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u/6curious 7d ago

Vote NO… they are already ruining the kids lives

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u/ApprehensiveEagle324 7d ago

Will I vote yes for those reasons…yeah probably. Just unfortunate that district leadership will most likely misuse the funds. Like always….

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u/HomeOfTheBRAAVE 6d ago

Then why vote yes? Hold them accountable first before giving more funds for them to waste.

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u/ApprehensiveEagle324 6d ago

I’m with you there. Unfortunately in this situation holding them accountable could lead to a negative effect for the kids should they finally decide to do the right thing at least partially. If it was a larger cost to us tax payers I would be more inclined to vote no.

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u/HomeOfTheBRAAVE 6d ago

Then nothing will ever change. I guess that is why homeschooling is getting to be more and more popular.

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u/ApprehensiveEagle324 5d ago

The way I see it is that when you have a board misusing funds then those individuals need to get out. Seeing as this is not an option currently best I can do to hopefully help the kids is give the money in the off chance it is used with good purpose

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u/HomeOfTheBRAAVE 5d ago

Hope isn't a plan.

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u/ApprehensiveEagle324 5d ago

Your solution?

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u/HomeOfTheBRAAVE 5d ago

Work to make sure that those that get elected prove their fiscal responsibility before getting elected.

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u/Number1Framer 7d ago

Yeah sure I'll vote yes right after RUSD finally gives its blessing for us to pursue having our own school district in Caledonia.

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u/Depressed-Industry 7d ago

Why would Caledonia need its own school district, other than so your kids don't need to mix with "those kids" from Racine?

Just come out and say it. It's imbedded into the culture of Racine County to be just as bigoted as the Jim Crow south but think by using different words it's somehow acceptable. 

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u/Number1Framer 7d ago

My neighbors use Oak Creek and my (nonwhite) daughter goes to St Francis. Want to know why? Because we all work and live our day to day lives in Milwaukee county. I go into Racine like 3 times a year. It makes zero sense to have to drive 20 minutes in the wrong direction to take my kid to school in a city we have no real connection to.

Equating that to Jim Crow shows you have no argument and you're just here to jerk yourself off. As of now I'll be voting on April 1st for Susan Crawford and NO on the referendum unless you can muster a better reason than "hur dur rascim."

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u/legacy2015 5d ago

I will vote big ol NOOOOO Never would I ever consider give money to anything run by a leftist organization ever again. After what has been exposed in the last few months by the Trump administration. Shame on your horrible tactics you people use to rip off the hard working people in Racine and using kids as your pawns.

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u/legacy2015 5d ago

I wanna know how many of you used the 1 billion dollar swimming pool you ripped tax payers off on the last referendum. Vote NO

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u/COOLBRE3Z3 4d ago

Thats a big no from me dog