Rawhide Introduces School Choice Program |
 On Monday August 22nd Rawhide’s private school, Starr Academy, was approved as a private choice school under the Milwaukee Public School (MPS) District School Choice program. This represents the first time that schools located outside the MPS district have been eligible to accept students from the Milwaukee School Choice program. Starr Academy will be among a growing number of choice schools that are eligible to receive tuition vouchers from eligible parents of students that reside in Milwaukee.
One significant change introduced this year was to allow schools located anywhere in the state to participate as a choice school. This was added to the most recent state budget passed by the legislature in late June and became effective July 1st.
“The staff and board of directors of Rawhide and Starr Academy are excited to offer this alternative to parents of 10th grade students residing in Milwaukee,” stated John Solberg, Executive Director of Rawhide. “We have chosen to focus on 10th grade students because history has taught us this is a particularly vulnerable age and likely at greater risk of academic failure and risk of dropping out of school due to poor performance in their ninth grade experience. We look forward to being one more choice that parents residing in Milwaukee can access in order to respond to the specific needs of their child. Rawhide will continue to provide all other current services to both at-risk and court ordered youth. This new program allows us to respond to a real and present need in our state,” concluded Solberg.
|
|
 |
 Rawhide and Starr Academy are located on a 575 acre campus along the scenic Wolf River, 10 miles southwest of New London, Wisconsin. Starr Academy is named after former Green Bay Packer and Rawhide Co-Founder Bart Starr and his wife Cherry. Rawhide established its own private school in 1982 to respond to the unique educational and behavioral needs of at-risk teenage boys. This choice school builds on a commitment to offer unique alternatives for today’s youth who struggle in a traditional school environment.
Starr Academy will provide academic instruction in Math, English, Science and Social Studies, as well as individualized instruction through Title One Reading and Math to those parents and students interested in a strong private school education. The goals of an education at Rawhide include academic advancement in all core subjects, character and leadership development. Students will also benefit from physical fitness, art and woodshop instruction, work experience training, and a basketball skills program. Starr Academy also offers an interscholastic basketball and track season.
“The relational, structured and safe environment at Starr Academy is well respected for creating sustained positive behaviors among our students,” stated Dan Birr, Starr Academy Principal. Rawhide Starr Academy Choice School invites those students and their families that are interested in more information about admission requirements to visit the Rawhide website at www.rawhide.org. Please call 1-888-745-7445 for more information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
