Indiana

Not By ?Choice?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Parents at nearly a dozen Indianapolis Public Schools may actually get to exercise their school choice option.  According to the Indiana State Department of Education, 10 IPS schools are on their fourth year of academic probation, which means under state law, parents can transfer their kids to another school in the district.  In addition,  the state can send in teams to assist failing schools in helping them approve and if necessary, a complete state take-over.

The list of IPS schools entering their fourth year of probation are listed below…

• Arlington Community High School
• Broad Ripple High School
• Emmerich Manual High School
• Northwest High School
• Forest Manor Middle School
• Emma Donnan Middle School
• Booth Tarkington School 92
• Willard J Gambold Middle School
• Thomas Carr Howe Comm High School
• George Washington Community

Ironically, House Democratic lawmakers inserted language into the last budget bill that would have capped charter schools to one per district, arguing there are too many charter schools in IPS and in Gary.  Looking at some of the results from the DOE, there apparently aren’t enough.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on May 06, 2009 (boomark / email).