Racine's Report Card

An unbiased perspective of the issues surrounding education in Racine, WI. I advocate for both excellent schools AND the responsible use of taxpayer dollars. I believe educational issues should always be non-partisan and never about politics, but I am also not naive to think that some will make it all about politics. Most of the discussions will revolve around education; however,from time to time, I will chime in on current events that are a particular interest to me.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

RUSD officials urge partnership with Bright Horizons

Racine Unified will be offering a combination day-care/preschool at a former RUSD elementary school, Caddy Vista, and will be outsourcing the operations of the early childhood education center. It turns out there was only one legitimate bid for the outsourcing of the Caddy Vista early childhood project – Bright Horizons.

Bright Horizons is a nationally accredited institution with centers all over the country; and the Racine area is home to one of them. The SC Johnson daycare facility (located near Armstrong Park) is one of those facilities. I am certainly not suggesting any corruption; I am simply stunned by the coincidence. It seems that our “business” relationship with SC Johnson (and others in RAMAC) is becoming more and more layered by the minute.