IPS Own Words Undermine “Lawsuit”
I am now fully convinced that Indianapolis Public Schools are run by idiots and overseen by a majority morons. On the day where the Indiana Department of Education announced that it was recommending the State takeover four IPS Schools and send in special teams to two other schools, the IPS Board reacts, by 4-3 votes, to sue the state to block the takeover and extend the contract of the individual who’s overseen this trip to educational hell in hand basket via Federal Express.
How can any sane person in their right mind defend IPS anymore? IPS thinks it has a legal case against the state. It claims that Howe, Broad Ripple, Washington and Arlington should be exempt from takeover because the state counted their 7th and 8th grades in end of course assessment scores when it should have only counted grades 9-12. Now please note this is the same school district that had no qualms in threatening to break the law by denying admission to any student who lived in IPS and went to a charter at the start of the year but decided to return after the official enrollment count date.
But this isn’t even half the story. An observant poster to this blog pointed out that earlier this year in IPS’ own cable television show (IPS Superintendent Showcase March 2011, Segment 2, interview with Yvonne Rambo, Director of Turnaround Schools) Eugene White knew that he school district acknowledges that the scores of 7th and 8th graders will be taken into account at their community schools. It starts at about 5:00 and goes to 7:00. IPS admits that they know 7th and 8th grade scores will be counted at its Community High Schools and taken into account when the state decides what type of intervention is necessary. It starts at 5:00 and goes to about 7:00.
Anybody else wonder how long this video will stay up now that these guys have been caught with their pants down while their hands were in the cookie jar. How anyone with half a brain who care about children and education could continue to defend this is totally beyond me. Then again, most things concerning IPS usually are. That’s what I get for putting education ahead of educrats.
