State Slaps IPS
If Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Eugene White wasn’t already having a bad month, the latest news from the Indiana Attorney General’s Office can’t be helping matters much.
You might recall earlier this year Dr. White threatened to ban students who left IPS for charter schools of ever returning to the district. White had been told numerous times that such a policy was illegal because students who live in the IPS District are entitled to attend IPS schools.
The Attorney General’s Office sent out a legal advisory to the district basically saying that exact same thing. I’ve embedded a copy of the letter below.
To address the issue of enrollment, Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett has proposed multiple count days to determine a school district’s population so schools are not penalized if a student transfers and then returns to the district later in the year.
I hate to tell Dr. White I told you so, but Eugene, I told you so!
