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Proposed south side school promises excellent education, improved community
If all goes according to one local business leader’s plans, Milwaukee’s south side could have a new $50 million to $60 million K-12 school in 2017.
Augustine Prep, a choice or charter school that would ultimately have 2,000 students, is the vision of Gus Ramirez, executive chairman of Waukesha-based HUSCO International Inc.
“We view this as transformational,” Ramirez said. “We think our student graduates will transform Milwaukee from the contributions they make. It will be a high quality school in an area that is unattractive. It will change the whole ambiance of that community.”
Augustine Prep has been percolating in Ramirez’s mind for the last three or four years, as he believes Milwaukee is in need of more high quality education.
Augustine Prep, a choice or charter school that would ultimately have 2,000 students, is the vision of Gus Ramirez, executive chairman of Waukesha-based HUSCO International Inc.
“We view this as transformational,” Ramirez said. “We think our student graduates will transform Milwaukee from the contributions they make. It will be a high quality school in an area that is unattractive. It will change the whole ambiance of that community.”
Augustine Prep has been percolating in Ramirez’s mind for the last three or four years, as he believes Milwaukee is in need of more high quality education.
Cristo Rey secures 23 employers for Corporate Work Study Program
As Cristo Rey Jesuit High School opens to serve 125 Milwaukee freshmen in August, the school will throw each of its students out into the real world well before they earn their diplomas.
On top of classroom instruction, the Catholic, college preparatory high school – part of the national Cristo Rey Network – drives learning in the workplace through its Corporate Work Study Program.
With the support of close to two dozen area employers, the Corporate Work Study Program will pull students outside school walls, placing them in offices where they can begin to explore occupations and rehearse job skills.
“The goal is to expose them to a professional work environment so they can learn skills and professional expectations that they wouldn't normally be able to learn in a classroom or in their communities,” said school president Andrew Stith.
On top of classroom instruction, the Catholic, college preparatory high school – part of the national Cristo Rey Network – drives learning in the workplace through its Corporate Work Study Program.
With the support of close to two dozen area employers, the Corporate Work Study Program will pull students outside school walls, placing them in offices where they can begin to explore occupations and rehearse job skills.
“The goal is to expose them to a professional work environment so they can learn skills and professional expectations that they wouldn't normally be able to learn in a classroom or in their communities,” said school president Andrew Stith.
Development boom centers on Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa is one of the hottest development communities in southeastern Wisconsin. There are several major retail, office and residential development projects that are under construction or planned in the western Milwaukee County city.
Wauwatosa appears to be taking advantage of its ideal location in the middle of the metro Milwaukee area and its attributes as an appealing and densely developed community.
Wauwatosa appears to be taking advantage of its ideal location in the middle of the metro Milwaukee area and its attributes as an appealing and densely developed community.
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833 East
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Mediation offers an alternative to litigating the growing number of trust, estate and probate disputes and is designed to keep clients out of court, reduce legal costs and preserve family relationships.
In the Milwaukee limelight
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UPAF campaign generates record $12 million
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