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Re: Should Christians Attend Secular Events?

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Re: New Website, Chalkbeat Indiana, Tells Indy About Education Issues & Schools In Indianapolis and Beyond

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Re: Bill Mays, State’s Premier Black Businessman, Owner Of TV, Radio, Indy Recorder Dies At 69

Imhotep — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:06:29 -0000

Mr Mays was a funny man. He sponsored me to play at Freddy and Jurie Luster's Charity Golf outings for many years( I won individual first place twice) and I enjoyed those experiences each time. I always looked forward to participating in his JAWS outings every year and I feel privileged to have met this great black man!! We pour out libations and pray to our ancestors to grab his spirit, and bring him home. Sankofa...

Re: Jay Z PHYSICALLY ATTACKED In An Elevator By Solange! | AM 1310: The Light

Javier Morales — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 05:50:12 -0000

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Re: #WTLCIndyNews: The Brown/Wilson Aftermath and How The Grand Jury Decided–Read The Documents

Crystal Burks — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:20:30 -0000

Indianapolis has never been known to react to any situation. I live here and am form Michigan and throughout history, even back in the 1960s when the North erupted in severe race relations, Indianapolis citizens never reacted. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit.... but never Indianapolis... I wonder why

Re: FIRESTORM! Hear Community Outrage, Reaction To IPS Unprecedented “Eviction” Of Current Shortridge Students

Boblablaw — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:44:16 -0000

That could work short term but eventually this move would have to be made if they get the kind of growth they're HOPING for. It could also prevent kids from choosing to go to the IB school as it does affect the culture.. Also, the Shortridge families were against bringing in the IB school a few years ago.

Re: FIRESTORM! Hear Community Outrage, Reaction To IPS Unprecedented “Eviction” Of Current Shortridge Students

Boblablaw — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:32:37 -0000

Jay, thanks for the response and I thank you for looking up this information. If they were accurate numbers from the IB site I would agree with your stance! :)

Here are the real numbers (from GreatSchools, which I believe they get from public record) and all of these schools will be considered "feeder" schools into the high school. This means that these kids get seats in the high school. I may be missing another couple of schools as well, but I'm sure of these.

Center for Inquiry 2: 347

Center for Inquiry 27: 369

Center for Inquiry 84 (Note: This school hasn't expanded to 8th grade yet): 206

Rousseau McClellan Montessori 91: 486

Butler Lab 60 (Note: This school hasn't expanded to 8th grade yet): 133

Francis W. Parker Montessori 56: 280

Merle Sidener: 324

Total Students: 2145

Estimate Total Students after expansion of all schools to 8th grade: 2400

Estimate Total Grades 5-8 (Amount of kids that will be in High School in 4 years): 1200

The hope is that many of these students will continue on into the IB school when they leave 8th grade instead of matriculating to Herron or North Central.

Of course, not all magnet kids will continue on to the IB program, but there will also be non-magnet kids from all surrounding schools that will hopefully find this as a good alternative. Also, they are looking at including 7th and 8th grade into Shortridge in the future. This allows two things...make better use of Shortridge space and increase the number of children that can attend the magnet elementary schools.

The IB schools (even though a few of them were only recently made "official") have been practicing the IB teaching method since inception.

Again, the goal is to provide high demand for a quality PUBLIC high school that will be available to all students regardless of income and that will keep our tax dollars in our public school systems instead of going to big corporations (Chamber of Commerce).

Re: FIRESTORM! Hear Community Outrage, Reaction To IPS Unprecedented “Eviction” Of Current Shortridge Students

Boblablaw — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:15:35 -0000

JLMOORE, I agree with most of what you said, which is why I'm in support of the move. I am wholeheartedly against the charter school movement. You have people generating big money off our our kids education. The more they cut back on costs per child, the more profit they make. This is why we need really good PUBLIC elementary and high schools. We're halfway there, there are some great top ranked IPS schools that are very well integrated and give everyone an equal chance. Unfortunately, this isn't at all schools yet but hopefully it's a step in the right direction. These elementary schools are bringing people into the district (me being one of them), and you don't want them to exit as soon as they enter 9th grade. I'll explain more about the numbers behind the math in a response to Jay's post above that should help explain why this move was needed.

Re: FIRESTORM! Hear Community Outrage, Reaction To IPS Unprecedented “Eviction” Of Current Shortridge Students

jlmoore2 — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:48:23 -0000

Let's not be another New Orleans. http://www.washingtonpost.c...

Re: FIRESTORM! Hear Community Outrage, Reaction To IPS Unprecedented “Eviction” Of Current Shortridge Students

jlmoore2 — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:42:50 -0000

If the plan was simply to provide an IB program to IPS students, this is not the way to do so. There is definitely more than meets the eye here. First of all, why would people who are charter school advocates want to server on a public school board? Secondly, the answer - follow the money. Public school is at risk, and we need to be aware of the real reason for moves like this one. There is a movement to shut down public education in favor of corporate run schools. Charter schools was the test. People drank the kool aid of believing there were better. Tax money is being used to support these schools, and in fact are becoming like the professional sports teams, where tax dollars pay for the facilities, get tax breaks, and the general public cannot afford to attend the games. Even to the extend of naming schools. Historically, that was not the way. Grade schools were given a number and named after, given the identity of some historic person. We now have a school named (branded) after a private institution. When this happens with sports facilities, at least they pay for the honor. New Orleans has already lost that battle. They no longer have traditional public schools. What happens when education is left to only a selection process for education students? Where does that leave those "not" selected? I have no problem with advanced programs, but as a tax payer, I have a problem with providing selective education at the expense of educating all students. Once again, Indiana has shown how those not powerful, or wealthy enough are fodder for sacrifice the elite.

Re: Is This Indy Star Cartoon On Immigration Bigoted, Inappropriate, Racist? See, Read, Decide

MedicineBowCO — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:44:36 -0000

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Re: Is This Indy Star Cartoon On Immigration Bigoted, Inappropriate, Racist? See, Read, Decide

I, me, moi — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:02:53 -0000

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Re: Is This Indy Star Cartoon On Immigration Bigoted, Inappropriate, Racist? See, Read, Decide

IndianaBruce — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:56:09 -0000

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Re: FIRESTORM! Hear Community Outrage, Reaction To IPS Unprecedented “Eviction” Of Current Shortridge Students

John Moore — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:46:33 -0000

Why cant BOTH groups of students be in Shortridge? Shortridge can hold 2000+ students. Just ADD Gambold’s 164 students to the current group of student at Shortridge? That is the fix here. Am I missing something? People also need to know that Facebook gave money to the folks who are behind this whole situation. Facebook gave them money to get these kids out of Shortridge.

Re: FIRESTORM! Hear Community Outrage, Reaction To IPS Unprecedented “Eviction” Of Current Shortridge Students

Guest 799 — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:33:01 -0000

Jason, drawing publicly available data from the ibo.org international website, I find the following:

CFI (N New Jersey Street location) -- Center for Inquiry has been an IB World School since February 2007. It offers the IB Primary Years Programme and IB Middle Years Programme to 88 students. The school is state funded. The head of the school is Andrea Hunley.

CFI 27 (E 19th Street location) -- Center for Inquiry at School 27 has been an IB World School since September 2014. It offers the IB Primary Years Programme. The school is state funded. The head of the school is Jamilyn Bertsch.

CFI 84 (E 57th Street location) -- Center for Inquiry at School 84 has been an IB World School since August 2009. It offers the IB Primary Years Programme and IB Middle Years Programme to 87 students. The school is state funded. The head of the school is Christine Collier.

Gambold Prep (Kiel Avenue location) -- Gambold Preparatory Magnet High School has been an IB World School since February 2014. It offers the IB Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme. The school is state funded. The head of the school is Shane O'Day.

Unless the local IPS IB Coordinators are remiss in submitting accurate, timely data to the International Baccalaureate Programme, the numbers simply are not there to support, to justify a designated, stand alone building like Shortridge High School.

Two of the IB Programmes have been in existence for less than one calendar year, Gambold's being authorized by the International IB Programme in Feb, 2014, and CFI 27's being authorized only 3 months ago in Sept, 2014.

Simply saying that such and so school is using IB principles in its delivery of instruction is an entirely different proposition than a school's authorization by the International Baccalaureate Programme and subsequently progressing through the PYP, the MYP, and the ultimate Diploma Programme where students either receive an IB Diploma or do not receive an IB Diploma based upon their scores/points from IB examinations, not some State assessment or local assessment, but an international assessment.

Give the local IB Programmes the requisite time to take a cohort of students through completion of the entire Programme, through administration of IB examinations, and then show proof of the absolute necessity of a stand alone large school plant to house the IB Programme(s).

Re: IPS Supt. Ferebee On Anger Over Plan To Move Shortridge To Tech To Appease NSide Whites

Guest 799 — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:23:55 -0000

@wsit88, perhaps my sense of comedy is not as highly developed as yours; however, only the blind would lack the sensory capabilities to realize what's occurring with this sudden and unexpected announcement. Setting the scenario, Shortridge is a fine example of architectural design of a city high school and on the National Historic Registry, it's in a high-profile location on N Meridian Street, its image would make a stellar graphic presentation of Indy's historical relevance when placed on a slick brochure from the City or from the Chamber of Commerce in attracting new businesses to locate in Indianapolis. Of course, the image would always be more impressive if a group of scholarly looking students were casually hanging around the campus area that fronts Meridian. Bluntly speaking, the current 750+ Shortridge students simply do not meet that criteria. The IPS Board and its current Supt are doing everything possible to satisfy the Chamber of Commerce, the deep-pocketed business interests, both corporate and foundational, and their stroking the Board with jumbo financial investments directed toward the recently elected Board members, including Sullivan and Bentley and their 'foot in the door' current Board member, Hannon.