Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Rock the Ripple
It's been fairly quiet on the board front here lately. To tell you the truth, it makes me a little nervous.
Personally, I am grateful for the slow down, I really feel as if I am just getting back on track. I still have a great void in my life, and I am always reminded of this void during the meetings, when I know my biggest supporter is no longer watching.
We held an Educational meeting on Sept. 6th, Resource on the 11th, and the Briefing on Sept. 18th.
Next week the Delegation Session will be on the 24th, which is Monday. This meeting will only be held if someone signs up.
Tuesday the 25th is the Action Session at 7pm.
I was happy to see a school board candidate at the meeting on Tuesday. It is a very exciting time and I am happy with the interest in school board. I really hope this can happen in a very clean, honest way.
The conversation has come up a few times about my endorsing a candidate. I have thought about this quite a bit. I have decided that I am going to stay out of it. The potential damage that could be done is not worth it. I will say, if someone calls me and asks my opinion, I will give it.
There were some questionable items on the agenda last night. This was one of them...
***SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION
I recommend approval of Resolution No. 3080-12 - awarding the contract for the Forum Auditorium/Planetarium relocation at IPS Arsenal Technical High School - Stuart Hall to Glenroy Construction Co., Inc. in the amount of $654,000.00.
I had no idea what this meant. So I asked. To be honest, I didn't know we even had this facility at Broad Ripple. So I asked and asked questions. What I found out troubled me. No one really knew about this. No one in the BR community or school or Alumni. I requested that we notify them, and that request was listened to. I was told it would be taken care of asap.
This could be the best move for IPS. Yet, I firmly believe in involving the community. I hope this ends well.
As always, there are good things happening as well. I hope to have more information on possible preschool options next month!
Again, I will promise to be a better blogger. However, my list of promises are growing everyday and I simply need to stop making them. I promise to do my best everyday.
Tomorrow I head to an IB meeting that I was invited to, along with other board members. Then I am off to volunteer (as a parent), and then to another meeting.
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I am not finding the board item you are referencing. I also called and was transferred to the superintendent's office. A horrible woman told me not to worry about it and it was only an idea but not going before the board at this time. She would not give me an appointment and would not take my information to have the superintendent call me back. How do I get more information on this? I graduated from Broad Ripple back in the early 90's and they used the planetarium as a wonderful tool. I would be so sad to lose it! I called again to ask to speak to you and the operator said she had no way of contacting you but transferred me back to the superintendent's office. The second time I talked to a nicer lady that said she was asked to remove the information from the board report and explained that the superintendent wanted to have an in depth discussion with the board before asking them to make a decision. She did take my name and number and my concern and said she would give my information to the superintendent. I asked her that if I did not hear from him if she would get my information to you. She said she would be delighted to assist me. Does the superintendent really have 2 secretaries? If he does, does he really need the first secretary? The second one or second personality should be his only assistant!! I just want to make sure that Broad Ripple doesn't lose such a valuable resource! I also hope IPS isn't wasting money on senseless personnel that won't help the community.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you mentioned this. First of all, Dr. WHite does have two secretaries. You are not the first person to state that one is a little more helpful than the other. On my end, I have received equal treatment from both. However, I know things are different when someone is calling in.
ReplyDeleteMy phone number is on the IPS website. Along with my email. And I respond to every email.
Now for the UPDATE: Because of the concern from myself and a few other Board Members, this agenda item has been pulled for the time being. We will discuss it in more detail at our Resource meeting in October. This meeting will be held on October 9th in the board room. This is a IPS Board meeting, held in public. Meaning you are welcome to attend but public comment is not allowed.
You can speak at Delegation Sessions or Briefing Sessions. Please call 226-4418.
If you need any further assistance please contact me.
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ReplyDeleteI did delete your comment. Please get your point across another way. This is the place to speak about the good and the bad in IPS. I am not censoring that. However, name calling such as that is nothing I will allow.
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