Indiana

White Fight

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

The controversy continues in Indianapolis Public Schools.   Indiana Barrister has obtained a copy of a recorded conversation between former IPS Principal Jeffrey White and his District supervisor Prudence Bridgewaters.

In the conversation Bridgewaters tells White that he is not allowed to suspend students because of the school district will get sued, however the district’s public position that they are working with children to keep them in school.  You can hear that conversation by clicking below.

Indianapolis Public Schools

In IPS’ latest annual report out of school suspensions went from 4032 in 2007 to 2473 in 2008.   I had asked IPS Superintendent Dr. Eugene White in an March 25th interview on my morning radio show if he had ever not suspended a student due to the threat of a lawsuit.

His response was an emphatic “no.”

White was removed as principal of John Marshall School earlier this year.  IPS officials would not comment on the specifics of the removal, however in a March 19th meeting with parents, White said if “[Jeff] White was doing such a really great job, then you know the reason we let him go had to be really bad.”

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on April 11, 2009 (boomark / email).