The attack on a Franklin Central High School teacher — the second on an Indianapolis-area teacher in the past week — is “a reminder of the things that teachers deal with every single day’’ but doesn’t necessarily signal any new wave of violence or danger, a teacher’s union official said Wednesday. Mark Shoup, a spokesman […]
POLICE STOP TRUCK CARRYING SPOILED FOOD TO INDIANAPOLIS A traffic stop led Authorities to find and destroyed 200 pounds of contaminated food. State Troopers stopped a truck on I-74 in Ripley County for a traffic violation. As the truck’s driver pulled into a rest area for inspection, the trooper noted brown liquid was leaking from the truck’s […]
While many students were sleeping last night, a major power shift occurred at the state’s largest school system. The head of Indianapolis Public Schools, Superintendent Eugene White, announced he’s retiring. As 30,000 IPS students come to school this morning, they won’t notice anything different. But the implications of Dr. White’s retirement on the future of these schools loom […]
UPDATE 7:40pm: 106.7 WTLC and TLCNaptown.com can now confirm that Dr. Eugene White will retire from Indianapolis Public Schools in April. In a Tuesday night board meeting White said,”I want to inform you that at the end of the workday on Friday, April 5, I will retire from the IPS school district.” Dr. White announced […]
UPDATE 7:40pm: WTLC and PraiseIndy.com can now confirm that Dr. Eugene White will retire from Indianapolis Public Schools in April. In a Tuesday night board meeting White said,”I want to inform you that at the end of the workday on Friday, April 5, I will retire from the IPS school district.” Dr. White announced his […]
IPS officials say plans for a free preschool for 4-year-olds have been put on hold. John Althardt with IPS says the school board plans on discussing the idea again next month. The board says they will reevaluate the plan after looking at costs. Officials say the new school board is committed to the plan, but […]
After two very public courtships with school districts in the Southeast, it appears the only place Eugene White is headed is back to work as superintendent at Indianapolis Public Schools. And that, he said, is just fine. “Recently, there were two job opportunities in the Southeast that I was invited to pursue and I expressed […]
