School board

800 school board seats are up for election in Indiana

Incumbents and challengers have until June 20 to file paperwork to get on local ballots.

Four of seven MCCSC school board seats up for election in November

Bente Bouthier

The seats up for election are districts 2, 4, 5 and 6. These are held by April Hennessey, Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, Erin Cooperman, and Ross Grimes, respectively.

MCCSC hears public comment on proposed Templeton and Childs merger

Bente Bouthier

The board will discuss the merger again at its March meeting. They’re advertising for experts currently to provide information on redistricting.

Map A, pictured above, prioritizes compact districts. Map B used major roads as much as possible and focuses on including a mix of both urban and more rural areas within a district. And Plan C kept precinct boundaries intact, which made for less compact board districts.

MCCSC selects new map for board redistricting

Bente Bouthier

The Monroe County Community School Corporation decided on a new map for board redistricting at last night’s meeting.

Martinsville clergy and supporters prayed for an educator who came under attack for a hidden camera video. The media outlet Accuracy in Media claims it proved the school district was secretly teaching principles in line with critical race theory.

Martinsville community divided on educator secretly recorded and broadcast on Fox

Ethan Sandweiss

The video of six educators across Indiana was taped by activists posing as parents while working for Accuracy in Media (AIM), a right-wing media organization.

The Carmel Clay School Board held its first 2023 meeting on Monday, Jan. 9. During the past two years at Carmel Clay and other Hamilton County school districts, people started attending school board meetings to accuse educators of teaching critical race theory and pushing liberal ideologies on students.

Conservative school board candidates compete in Carmel

Ethan Sandweiss

In Carmel and elsewhere in Hamilton County, schools were accused of teaching critical race theory and pushing liberal ideologies on students.

NAACP says more review needed on MCCSC racial equity policy

Bente Bouthier

The group agreed with concerns raised during MCCSC’s December board meeting, but it wants a stronger policy. 

Campaign signs for Carmel Clay School Board candidates who are running in the 2022 primary election. Three seats on the five-member board are up on the ballot.

Conservative politics drive fight for control of Indiana’s school boards

Ethan Sandweiss

Parental rights has become a rallying cry for those who oppose mask mandates and believe that schools are teaching students critical race theory and promoting LGBTQ identities.

The FAFSA bill has found success in the Senate, with House lawmakers preferring a different approach each year. (Lauren Chapman/IPB News)

FAFSA requirement rolled back by House committee as legislative deadlines loom

Katherine Patterson

Indiana lawmakers want more students to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, but can't agree how to get there.

Indiana lawmakers consider tying school board candidates to political party

Jeanie Lindsay

School board candidates would be forced to declare a political party under legislation Indiana lawmakers are considering, but everyone who testified at the bill's first hearing Tuesday opposed the bill.