A new election season for local and citywide education councils kicked off Monday with a significant change that opens the door to greater participation from parents of children with severe disabilities.
The pandemic continues to put a strain on teachers. Many educators tell News 3 they're putting in extra hours and are burnt out which goes hand-in-hand with the teacher shortage.
School officials said in a letter sent to parents two days after Christmas that the current enrollment size was not large enough to support the 200,000-square-foot facility the school used. The school served grades K-6 and is housed in the former Forest Manor Middle School, a former Indianapolis Public School building.
The parent advocates have been joined in some cases by teachers and reading specialists who've called instead for top-to-bottom curriculum overhauls. Their claim: A generation of pandemic-scarred students won't ever get back on track if they aren't properly taught to read.
They are demanding action from TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook—the social media giants they see as key culprits in the rampant mental health crisis affecting today's youth.
The pandemic all but silenced high school music programs. If they picked up their instruments at all, students played at home on their own or virtually in Zoom sessions. The harmonic feeling and sound that comes with playing alongside bandmates was lost.
