My time HAS come

Another blow.

Committee assignments came out today.  We have 4 committees and a board member chairs each committee, this can not be the board president.
I asked to be given the opportunity to chair a committee.  Any committee.
That request was denied.  I have a few concerns with this.


1) In just over a year, there will be another School Board Election.  If by chance all 4 board membes up for re-election lose, that leaves only three seasoned board members.  Two of them, myself included, have been prevented from having any kind of leadership on the board.  No experience chairing a committee or running a meeting.  If the president of the board was really looking out for the best interest of the students, wouldn't they want ALL board members to be prepared???

2)What are they so afraid of?  Seriously!  What (or who) are they protecting?

3) This can't be what the people want.  I don't hear the public screaming, "Great job IPS, keep doing everything the SAME!!!"

4) We are 7 elected officials and all need to represent the people.  If it were meant to only have 4 opinions, then the board would have had only 4 members.   Let us do our job. 


So, here are the appointments from last year....

EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE		RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Chairperson - Commissioner Arnold		Chairperson - Commissioner Busch
Commissioner Roof		Commissioner Brown
Commissioner Zaphiriou		Commissioner Roof
Ex Officio - President Gore		Ex Officio - President Gore
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE		POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson - Commissioner Zaphiriou		Chairperson - Commissioner Brown
Commissioner Adair-White		Commissioner Adair-White
Commissioner Busch		Commissioner Arnold
Ex Officio - President Gore		Ex Officio - President Gore

And this year.....

EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE		RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Chairperson - Commissioner Arnold		Chairperson - Commissioner Zaphiriou
Commissioner Adair-White		Commissioner Gore
Commissioner Zaphiriou		Commissioner Roof
Ex Officio - President Busch		Ex Officio - President Busch
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE		POLICY COMMITTEE
Chairperson - Commissioner Gore		Chairperson - Commissioner Brown
Commissioner Arnold		Commissioner Adair-White
Commissioner Brown		Commissioner Roof
Ex Officio - President Busch		Ex Officio - President Busch

I just received this today.  So, I decided to call the president of the board and ask why my request was denied.

I was told many reasons. It went something like this.....

 There are only 4 chair positions.   (Yes, but why must the same people chair every time????)

Your behavior and comments the other night were out of line and rude.  (Remember, I told them to shove it next time they wanted to talk to be about being a team.  I said this after it was evident the four of the went behind our backs and made all the decisions without including us.)

 The others will do a better job.  ( how do you know unless I get the opportunity)

Your time will come.  (What????)

At this moment I assured the president that my time HAD come.  It came when I was elected. 

The president of the board isn't doing this for these reasons.  I assure you.  This is because I am not "with" them.  This is because I vote against the Superintendent.  This is because I speak my mind and they don't like it.
IPS hasn't been criticized this much by the public in years.  Our schools are on take-over lists.  And I assure you it isn't because of me.  My time has come, and it is now.