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With this push by the legislature to take over local schools, it is worth noting how many Charter Schools have failed. There remains a serious lack of oversight and control on charters. So much money has been shifted from the public school system that they are being set up to fail. Lets fund properly and pay teachers appropriately for quality public schools. That is the backbone of our society. Then there is consistency and quality in what our students learn.
I disagree with the writer of the article. This is not a district being dissolved. It’s a state takeover and restructuring.
Yes, large chunks of the central office go away. But there will still be an IPS, with a school board that goes from five people voted on by citizens … to seven people, all of which are appointees. (Four by governor, one by charter school advocates, two by local government.)
So the locality still loses its power and gets screwed? No thanks. The State has interfered and done enough damage.
Whatever happened to the Republican belief that “the best government is the government which is closest to the people”? Inside the Indiana state capitol, there is no evidence that such thinking holds sway. Among the Republican super-majority it has been replaced by a “we know best” mindset. That arrogance is more than just annoying. It is dangerous.
Their “small government” arguments were always made in bad faith. They’ve never once cared about the wellfare of people. Republicans want two things – More power and more money.
This mindset only exists when the “closest to the people” government is run by Republicans. Not just in Indiana but in other red states, too, the state government does not believe local elected Democrats are able to handle things. State Republicans are wrong, of course, but they love to grab power whenever voters give it to Democrats.
IPS is failing at educating our children. Miserably. Please let’s try something.
No. The State has caused IPS to fail by forcing the diversion of funds to charter schools that lie, steal, discriminate, and screw over families and entire communities.
Get the State and Charters OUT of education in Indianapolis.
Let the people who live and pay taxes and *vote* in the IPS district decide for themselves how they want to restructure IPS, if at all. Voters in IPS elect their own school board and that is the authority that should make decisions of what to do about local education issues.
The General Assembly needs to stay in its lane. There are many *huge* statewide issues they can and should focus on, but that would involve hard work, so state legislators grandstand instead to distract from the fact that they aren’t doing their jobs.
Also, IPS is hardly the only school district in the state with problems, and yet the General Assembly doesn’t seem to feel the need to propose legislation dismantling or massively restructuring those districts.
This is the same as firing a weapon at your pet and then complaining it bled on the carpet…
Hopefully it passes!
State takeover of schools? Didn’t work. Thirteen years ago: Theodore-Roosevelt (Gary) Howe, Manual, Arlington (IPS-Indianapolis) Chaotic and a failure.
Charter operators: Arlington HS: Needed more $ or a give-back. BACK TO IPS
Howe HS: Proposed a K-12 school because of enrollment. CLOSED
Theodore-Roosevelt HS: Maintenance issues CLOSED
Manual HS: Changed operators.
Let the public to decide for themselves whether a public or charter school is the best fit. Legislators: Please focus in your respective district.