March 31, 2020 9:00p
(WGTD)---A home-based learning program will be launched next Monday by Racine Unified. According to a post on the district's website, materials will be sent either electronically or by U.S. Mail. The district expects K-2 students to put in an hour a day of school work, grades 3-5, two hours and middle school and high school students, three hours per day. The district makes clear the onus is on parents to make sure their kids buckle down. Addressing parents, the post says "You are now responsible for ensuring that your child participates in daily learning activities while juggling many other responsibilities." The work won't be graded, and for high school students, the packets will include ACT prep material. Plans have also been made for special education and ESL students. Kenosha Unified began a similar program last Monday.
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(WGTD)---Two men have been arrested by Kenosha police in connection with the shooting death of a Gurnee man five weeks ago. 37 year-old Michael Frazier of Mt. Pleasant and 27 year-old Shaquel Harris of Kenosha have been charged with 1st Degree Intentional Homicide. The victim, 23 year-old Malik Boyd, was shot in the area of 30th Ave. and Roosevelt Rd. at bar-closing time the morning of Feb. 29th. According to the criminal complaint, the shooting may have been a case of mistaken identity. Frazer purportedly thought that Boyd was the one who had beaten him up several months earlier. Harris was charged because he allegedly gave Frazier a ride just before the shooting.
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