Kenosha Unified School District

Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) serves the city of Kenosha, the Town of Somers and the village of Pleasant Prairie. KUSD is overseen by a school board of seven elected members whose president is Dan Wade. The superintendent of KUSD is DR. JEFFREY WEISS.[1]

Kenosha Unified School District Educational Support Center

KUSD Board of Education[2]
  • Yolanda Adams - President
  • Todd Battle - Vice President
  • Tony Garcia - Clerk
  • Mary Modder - Treasurer
  • Dr. Todd Alan Price
  • Atifa Robinson
  • Rebecca Stevens

Mission statement

The Kenosha Unified School District's mission is to "provide excellent, challenging learning opportunities and experiences that prepare each student for success."[3]

Schools

KUSD encompasses 23 elementary schools, five middle schools, five high schools, and five charter schools, although Kenosha School of Technology Enhanced Curriculum has two campuses: East and West.[4] In addition to these, Hillcrest School provides an alternative for expelled middle and high school students who need to address behavioral, as well as academic changes.[5]

Elementary
  • Bose Elementary
  • Brass Community School
  • Cesar E. Chavez Learning Station
  • Curtis A. Strange Elementary
  • Edward Bain School of Language and Art
  • Forest Park Elementary
  • Frank Elementary
  • Grant Elementary
  • Grewenow Elementary
  • Harvey Elementary
  • Jefferson Elementary
  • Jeffery Elementary
  • McKinley Elementary
  • Nash Elementary
  • Pleasant Prairie Elementary
  • Prairie Lane Elementary
  • Roosevelt Elementary
  • Somers Elementary
  • Southport Elementary
  • Stocker Elementary
  • Vernon Elementary
  • Whittier Elementary
  • Wilson Elementary

Middle
  • Bullen Middle School
  • Lance Middle School
  • Lincoln Middle School
  • Mahone Middle School
  • Washington Middle School

High schools

Charter schools
  • Brompton School (Grades K-8)
  • Dimensions of Learning Academy (Grades K-8)
  • Harborside Academy (Grades 6-12)
  • Kenosha eSchool (Grades K-12)
  • Kenosha School of Technology Enhanced Curriculum (Grades K-8)

Music

The Kenosha public school orchestra program starts at the fifth-grade level and continues into high school. The concert and symphony orchestras of the city's high schools present fall and spring concerts. In addition, the Tremper High School Golden Strings ensemble has performed throughout the United States and internationally since the early 1970s.[6]

The Orchestra Festival has been a part of Kenosha history since 1963.[7] Typically held in March each year, it showcases student performances at every level. Each year a guest conductor works with all of the ensembles, and awards are presented for music camps, teacher service and financial support, among other achievements.

The Band-O-Rama is a citywide school concert held annually since the mid-1950s,[8] featuring the Kenosha Unified School District's band program, totaling about 1,700 students in grades 5 through 12. As with the Orchestra Festival, the Band-O-Rama features a guest conductor. The show typically begins with an opening fanfare, followed by the National Anthem, after which each grade level is showcased one by one with several selections. At the finale, the massed bands play Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever".[8]

Controversies

In 2018, the Kenosha Unified School District settled a lawsuit for $800,000 that had been filed by a transgender male student who had been banned from the boys' restroom. The school district had previously lost in the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.[9]

Schools in the area have been criticized by the American Civil Liberties Union for applying a sexist dress code. Girls have been sent home for wearing tank tops, leggings and yoga pants while sweatpants and basketball shorts for boys were permitted.[10]

References
  1. "Superintendent, Kenosha Unified School District". Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  2. "Board Members, Kenosha Unified School District". Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  3. "About Kenosha Unified School District". Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  4. "Schools, Kenosha Unified School District". Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  5. "Welcome to Hillcrest School". Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  6. Tremper High School Golden Strings
  7. "KUSD News: 48th Annual Orchestra Festival" (PDF). March 15, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2011.
  8. "KUSD News: 55th Annual Band-O-Rama Festival" (PDF). January 31, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2012.
  9. "Unified settles transgender lawsuit". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  10. "Row over yoga pants ban continues in Wisconsin school". BBC. September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

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