The Indianapolis Star did not need to layoff any journalists in the latest cost-cutting round from the corporate owner, Gannett, only because there were a number of open positions that went unfilled. There is a reporter still on the job at the Star, Arika Herron. She has a new piece that was posted online and is front-page, above-the-fold, in the Monday Star print edition. It is worth your attention.
Ms. Herron begins the piece by describing her experience of following HSE School Board candidate Dr. Junita Albright around as she campaigns door-to-door. But her story then goes into a deep dive into what is behind the battles we have seen in suburban school board meetings and now see in school board elections.
Her Star colleague, Caroline Beck, has a related story on how Political Action Committees (PACs) are impacting local school board races and the money available for candidates.
I will link both stories below, but be aware you must be an IndyStar subscriber to access these stories. Online subscriptions are very inexpensive. As I have written many times before on this blog, if you want good journalism to flourish, subscribe to your local news outlets.
Here is the link to Arika Herron’s story
This link takes you to Caroline Beck’s story about PACs
I agree with Dr. Albright’s platform of restoring academic excellence to our schools.
Arika Herron, a government and public funded journalist, states that despite the fact the HSE has dropped to #16 in the state, this is still “OK” because it is in the top 5% of the state.
We can do better and should do better!
I think it says something that these midterms elections are the first time I’ve ever felt it necessary to get a yard sign, and it was for Pritchett.
Mr. Jeter may fondly recall the gravel roads of Fishers’ past, but I’d like to think that we have managed to become a little more open-minded than his petty comments seem to indicate. I sincerely hope that the residents of the HSE school district can see through “academic excellence” dog whistles being deployed by the partisan PAC funded school board candidates.