Mauston Educator awarded $3,000 Grant

Mauston teacher Rachel Ann Tamborino has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Wisconsin Educators Association.  The grant will go towards Tamborinos Clothing/Food Pantry project she is starting to benefit students.  Tamborino knows not all children are able to purchase fashionable clothing and are teased because of it.  She wants to give kids of all income a chance to experience the shopping experience while still remaining free.  She hopes this will help eliminate the stigma of some students being labeled as “poor”.  Tamborino says the idea for this project came from her own students, suggesting opening up their own school closet.  The grant will go towards metal shelving, hangers, a

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SC Johnson to cut hundreds of jobs

Racine-based SC Johnson will eliminate 300 to 400 jobs. There’s no word yet on how many Wisconsin employees will be cut, but a company statement said “many affected employees” in the Racine area were notified Tuesday. The maker of products including Windex, Raid and Pledge employs about 12,000 people worldwide. The “organizational change” was first […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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