🌱 Patch AM: How will RUSD’s 2026 changes impact Mount Pleasant students?

Good day Mount Pleasant! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How will RUSD’s 2026 changes impact Mount Pleasant students?

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Some sun, then clouds; colder, with a high of 20 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Decreasing clouds and cold, temps: high: 25, low: 16.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and cold, with a high of 25 and low of 16 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• RUSD stories to look for in 2026: New Red Apple, dual enrollment, AI, and more (racinecountyeye.com) — Families in Mount Pleasant should watch several big Racine Unified changes in 2026, from the opening of Red Apple’s new K-8 building to decisions on selling Jefferson Lighthouse School. Upcoming school board elections, expanding dual-enrollment options, and growing use of AI in classrooms could all shape how local students learn and how neighborhood schools evolve.
   

📸 Around Mount Pleasant

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Pleasant

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Monday January 5

• Tourism Commission
  Community Room 1 , 8811 Campus Drive , Mount Pleasant
  4:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• HR Roundtable
  RAMAC Conference Room , 300 5th Street , Mount Pleasant
  8:00 am
• Public Works Committee
  Room B109 (Community Room 1) , 8811 Campus Drive , Mount Pleasant
  8:30 am
• Forklift Training
  Elite Equipment Sturtevant
  8:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 1

• New Year's Holiday - Village Hall Closed
  Village Hall , 8811 Campus Drive , Mount Pleasant
  8:00 am

Friday January 2

• 2 Courts Available
  Pleasant Prairie RecPlex , 9900 Terwall Terrace , Pleasant Prairie
  4:30 pm

Saturday January 3

• Lap Swim | 5-10 Member Lanes Available
  Pleasant Prairie RecPlex , 9900 Terwall Terrace , Pleasant Prairie
  6:30 am

Monday January 5

• Boy's B-Ball Home vs. Brighton
  Kansasville El Kansasville, WI 53139
• Kids Heart Challenge Kick Off
  Kansasville El Kansasville, WI 53139
• 7 Gold Boys Basketball vs. St. Francis
  Oak Creek East Middle School , 9330 S Shepard Ave , Oak Creek
  4:00 pm
• 7 Royal Boys Basketball @ West Middle School
  Oak Creek West Middle School , 8401 South 13th Street , Oak Creek
  4:00 pm
• Boys Basketball vs. OC East Royal
  Oak Creek West Middle School , 8401 South 13th Street , Oak Creek
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• With the majority of the deer seasons behind us, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and thank everyone who submitted a sample for CWD testing and properly disposed of their deer carcass waste.
  This season, we tested thousands of deer and removed thousands of pounds of deer waste from the landscape. You helped us better understand the… (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Sturtevant

• Racine County chainsaws theft; police seek to ID accused thief (fox6now.com)
• In Memoriam: RV Industry Mourns Notable Deaths in 2025 (rvbusiness.com)

Racine

• TSU & Meharry Medical want black male Racine students for their 7-year doctor/dentist pipeline now (racinecountyeye.com)
• From NRF to Red Lobster: How Real Life Shaped Commerce Thinking in 2025 (cmswire.com)
• Racine County homeowner faces 93% property tax increase (wisn.com)

Ok Mount Pleasant! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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