A lot of topics were covered at the board meeting last night. Most of the agenda items had been discussed at greater length at previous board meetings. Snapshots of Success, where student achievements are recognized at each meeting, highlighted a great extracurricular social entrepreneur project by Emma Gabbard, a student at Fishers High School. Emma […]
One of the major items on the agenda at the Oct 12th school board meeting was a public hearing on the budget. The powerpoint presentation can be found here. The school board is required by the state to publish a public notice for all budget measures. Historically this has been done via newspapers, but with […]
Dana and I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of HSE parents in the last few weeks, and the most common question – after “why did you decide to run?” – is “how is the school board elected?” It’s a fair question. Up until I decided to run, I wasn’t clear on the […]
One of the items on the Oct 12th board meeting agenda was a presentation by Dr. Jerome McKibben about our school district’s demographics. This data specifically highlighted how the overall community demographics will impact short-term and long-term school enrollment, and will aid the district in forecasting and planning staffing needs, capital projects, and possible redistricting. […]
