Students report to school Wednesday, August 6, in the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School District, and Superintendent Patrick Mapes is leading HSE in preparing for the 2025-2026 school year.

I invited Superintendent Mapes to appear on my podcast series to discuss the start of school.  We talked about much more, including the financial situation at HSE, the coming redistricting process, ILEARN results and comments he made at a school board meeting in June of last year.

Listen to the podcast at the link below.