IPS; Double Standard or Double Take?
I planned to take the day off from blogging but this thought came to me last night so I figured I had to post it.
Indianapolis Public School Superintendent Dr. Eugene White is threatening to take the State of Indiana to court over the possibility of taking over several failing IPS schools. White’s argument is that the end of course assessments that are used to determine whether schools are failing shouldn’t count at Washington, Howe and Arlington as failing because they have 7th and 8th graders as well as high school students and the failing scores should only apply to the lower grades.
Please note that when these schools were re-organized a few years back White and his administration were touting the “Community School” model as revolutionary for IPS. More ironic however is the thought that Eugene White would potentially sue the state because he says they aren’t following the law.
Please note this is the same Superintendent who a couple months ago complained about losing students to charter schools and promised that any student who lived in IPS but left the district and wanted to to come back after the official September count date (which is used to compute school funding) could not come back. Although under state law that is illegal and any student who resides in a school district is allowed to attend that district unless there were expelled for disciplinary reasons.
So let me see if I understand Dr. White’s logic here. When he was going to break the law that was okay because it benefited IPS, if someone else was “breaking the law” and it hurt IPS he was going to go to court. Okay, anyone else here think it’s time for Dr. White to retire to the Old Superintendent’s Home?
