Development

Incorporating mobility and food access into planning process may improve community health

Joslynne Schneider has been babysitting eight-year-old Will for a week. Each morning, after Will’s mother leaves for work, and after he has spent quality time with his Power Rangers, Joslynne asks him what he wants to do. Will’s response is usually the same: go to the library.

Now Will's favorite spot in the Meadowood Neighborhood may be getting a makeover.

UPDATE: On March 18 the MMSD School Board voted to end the DLI program at Chavez Elementary.

Parents still had questions as they filed out of the March 4 Madison School Board committee meeting held in the Doyle Administration Building’s McDaniels Auditorium.

The topic before the Student Achievement and Performance Monitoring Committee was whether to continue the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program at Chavez Elementary School. One of the committee’s concerns was the program’s lack of native Spanish-speaking students.

Gardening classes allow formerly incarcerated women to learn hard and soft skills

Part II in a series about how the city and county address homelessness in the Madison area