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Education
Peter Barca believes in high quality affordable
education. Consequently, he would look at programs to improve education
across the board. Beginning with looking at the successes within Head
Start, he would determine as to what elements to expand and the
possibility of an Early Start Program. In middle school, Peter would
focus his efforts on addressing the drop out rate through intervention
programs that might include mentoring, personal education planning,
violence assessments, and parental involvement. Finally, Peter would
look at offering more college opportunities to students of middle and
low income families.
As a legislator Barca was well known for the
following education initiatives:
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Barca was known as the Champion for
Special Education
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He worked to fully fund Special Education
to guarantee quality programs and take most of the funding burden off
the taxpayers
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Barca, along with Sen. Joe Andrea, passed
the P5 Program.
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Barca and Andrea fought to have
Kenosha one of four funded communities for P5.
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Barca led the effort to have standardized
reading tests for elementary students to ensure their readings skills
were strong.
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Barca fought to reduce the burden of
schools on the property taxes, through greater state support.
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Barca as a private citizen helped to
create a scholarship program for Hispanics to attend the
University of Wisconsin.
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Barca’s family created a private
scholarship to honor their nephew Adam Gundlach- Excellence in
Education.
Barca has an agenda to improve schools through…
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Partnerships with business for
apprenticeship programs
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Strong state standards for achieving
results in science and math
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Attempt to increase state support beyond
2/3 to reduce the property tax burden
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Enhance technology through partnerships
with technology companies
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Develop labor education programs
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Tackle drop-outs through intervention
programs that include mentoring, violence assessments, and parental
involvement.
Provide
greater access to college scholarships for middle and low income
students through teaming up with Foundations, such as Kenosha’s
Education Foundation Program. |
