Plus, Fairfield Twp. to trustee: Resign. Residents get state to take one more look at Wabash Twp. firefighter money. WL school bd deals with more blowback. Ron Campbell retires from Lafayette council
Your articles on the Fairfield and Wabash Trustees mentioned that both have run afoul of the State Public Access counselor recently for failing to provided information to the public. I think it should also be pointed out that WLCSC administration has also recently been called out by the Public Access Counselor for withholding information. https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/article_44bad598-e3f3-11eb-a743-e7390f1ce1db.html
Mr. Bangert, I am not sure we were at the same WLCSC meeting last night. I saw you there, but we experienced things differently. The comments from parents and teachers were not evenly split. There were a handful of WLEA reps for the board and dozens of parents against. TWO WLEA union representatives, the same WLEA that created the RDP PAC that infused so much contention into the last school board election, spoke in favor of the board's actions. Past WLEA president Mrs. Forbes delivered chilling remarks about how we need to give up freedoms in order to have security. FOUR parents spoke out against board actions. The point was not that we want to know names. The point was that we want to know SOMETHING! Any information at all would be an improvement. Board VP Karen Springer went on at length about all of the things the board has done in the superintendent search. It was all news to me, and I've been following things closely. The Superintendent Search section on the WLCSC website laid dormant since September. They updated it AN HOUR before the board meeting.
Finally, I am put off by your questioning whether Dr. Yin organized the presence of community members at the meeting. We, the people, are perfectly capable of organizing ourselves. Did you ask Mr. Karpick whether he organized the presence of WLEA representatives to support him? If I were a betting man, I'd bet on that.
Your articles on the Fairfield and Wabash Trustees mentioned that both have run afoul of the State Public Access counselor recently for failing to provided information to the public. I think it should also be pointed out that WLCSC administration has also recently been called out by the Public Access Counselor for withholding information. https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/article_44bad598-e3f3-11eb-a743-e7390f1ce1db.html
Mr. Bangert, I am not sure we were at the same WLCSC meeting last night. I saw you there, but we experienced things differently. The comments from parents and teachers were not evenly split. There were a handful of WLEA reps for the board and dozens of parents against. TWO WLEA union representatives, the same WLEA that created the RDP PAC that infused so much contention into the last school board election, spoke in favor of the board's actions. Past WLEA president Mrs. Forbes delivered chilling remarks about how we need to give up freedoms in order to have security. FOUR parents spoke out against board actions. The point was not that we want to know names. The point was that we want to know SOMETHING! Any information at all would be an improvement. Board VP Karen Springer went on at length about all of the things the board has done in the superintendent search. It was all news to me, and I've been following things closely. The Superintendent Search section on the WLCSC website laid dormant since September. They updated it AN HOUR before the board meeting.
Finally, I am put off by your questioning whether Dr. Yin organized the presence of community members at the meeting. We, the people, are perfectly capable of organizing ourselves. Did you ask Mr. Karpick whether he organized the presence of WLEA representatives to support him? If I were a betting man, I'd bet on that.