Category Archives: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Transfer Student Policy

Our school board has not set a transfer student policy to govern how many transfer students to accept and how to select which applicants will be allowed to enroll. Decisions are left to the discretion of the superintendent with no oversight. An optimal policy would probably accept some transfer students in order to balance studentContinue reading “Transfer Student Policy”

Responses (March 2021)

I sent a follow-up email to school board members. I received a response from Alan Karpick, School Board President. The questions I emailed to the school board members are given in bold, the responses are in italics, and my thoughts are in regular text. 1. At the December and January school board meetings, there wasContinue reading “Responses (March 2021)”

Responses (February 2021)

I asked the school board questions about niche.com school rankings and school board work sessions in an email. I received a response on behalf of the school board from Alan Karpick. I then responded with a follow-up question on work sessions and Karen Springer responded. High School Rankings: I have been surprised at how oftenContinue reading “Responses (February 2021)”

January 4, 2021 Summary

HIGHLIGHTS: No Change to School Board Leadership (6:35), School Corporation Attorney Pay at $290/Hour (6:43), $65,000 Gift to Pay for Ribbon Cutting Event (6:50), WL City Moving out of Happy Hollow (6:55), Motion to Create the DEI Committee (6:59), Broad Authorization to Transfer Funds Between Account (7:14), My Public Comment on Policy Committee (7:25) Location:Continue reading “January 4, 2021 Summary”

School Rankings

Our school district paid niche.com $9,900 in 2020 to promote their rankings of our schools. My opinion is that Niche is not a particularly reputable ranking site (facebook scandal, company renaming and rebranding, pushing schools to pay for a “premium profile”) and I think that whatever benefit is gained from the online advertising is likelyContinue reading “School Rankings”

No Name Calling

On Monday, I had the opportunity to talk with Sadie Harper-Scott, the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Tippecanoe School Corporation (TSC). Sadie is passionate about changing the culture of what type of behavior is acceptable at school. She is leading trainings for students and teachers to put a stop to name calling.Continue reading “No Name Calling”