/S /Transparency /Length 175 (You can unsubscribe anytime), Conversations With Candidates videos feature Carmel school board races, Snapshot: The Arts in Autumn festival debuts, Seeking Support: Westfield Washington Schools seeks referendum renewal in Nov. 8 general election. Brake is running against candidates Sheldon Barnes, Stephanie Flittner and Kristin Kouka. A father of six children currently enrolled in the district, Lander said he and his family have experienced all levels of the district. Lander (46) is a civil engineer and general manager of Sunnyslope County Water District. >> ?4"LZvFEqe3Du3ICW(vCkpo:=T+NO!i:4;nlxORs%P8385YNl`>Jl%+"f) BD ik Yb1-s(h{xfU00krZ1=p5RK* jnzyle"@bq$8[% U.)Ys.rZk*mIZo>LH8Q8.JC?Kqt tD8IlNBdGaW$xmF F.5 . Miller acknowledged that it will be hard to find consensus among people who have fundamental disagreements over what should and should not be discussed in the classroom. The Carmel Education Foundation will hold a "Conversation with Candidates," a Carmel Clay School Board Candidate Forum, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The winning candidates in Hamilton Southeastern, Tiffany Pascoe (District 1), Juanita Albright (District 2), Dawn Lang (District 3), and Ben Orr (District 4), were supported by the Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty, a powerful and controversial conservative group that rose to prominence by opposing mask mandates, critical race theory and social emotional learning. The Brake, Brown and Sharp campaign sent out a message a week before the election that claimed radical liberal teachers were indoctrinating students. The best tips on places to eat and things to do with or without the kids. I am a Nurse and my wife if a Physician! May explained on his website that that claim doesnt take into account recent changes in Indianas standardized testing or the impact of the pandemic on test scores across the state and country. They were also critical of the districts diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. If elected, Lander said his top concern is to create a strong, standardized academic structure for students that gets back to the fundamentals. The questions were selected based on community input. /764a236f-a0ea-4882-80b3-8809cd0ddd49 29 0 R x^ R R In Hamilton County, Indiana, an affluent suburban community to the north of Indianapolis, a well-funded and organized group of far-right candidates in the Carmel Clay School Board race have . >> candidates that will put /Filter /FlateDecode Copyright 2017-2022 | ReadTheReporter.com. Her expertise is in business administration as well as serving in numerous leadership roles. CEF board and committee members are strategic planners, creative thinkers, collaborators, and passionate advocates representing a range of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. /Subtype /Form For so many minority kids, school is already Hell, Avi said. Thats right! Republican candidates promoted by conservative groups had a mixed bag of victories and losses. Greg Brown (District 3) is the only member of his slate to win a seat on the Carmel Clay board. /Pages 2 0 R A slate of three conservative candidates were down in early voting but the margin narrowed as returns were tallied. 11 0 obj When asked why she is running, Brake said, Im ready to go to work to help my community and its school system to be the best that they can be for our families, our teachers, and our children, including my own grandson.. /Group << Please put IndyStar/Report for America in the check memo line. John Curzio, II, 25, is a Carmel Central School Board trustee as well as a New York City police officer. /Parent 2 0 R The catch phrase du jour for this approach is supply-side progressivism, and the infant formula market could use a healthy dose of it. Breaking local stories that get national acclaim. Submitted. Answers would be nice! Follow on Twitter:@LeeVGaines. Support CCS Admin August 30, 2022. /Count 1 After being sworn in last weekto the HSE board, three of the just elected members were nominated by the fourth new member to be president, vice president and secretary. Greg Brown beat Jake Nichols by 104 votes less than 1 percentage point. There are groups with nationwide political agendas involved here. She then co-founded the Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty last year. If you are all-in on teachers Unions, you will NOT get my vote! Valant said voter perspectives on schools and the world at large vary from community to community. More than 48% of eligible voters in Hamilton County cast ballots in the mid term election. School districts in suburban counties have continued to stressthat critical race theory, which is a college-level course seen in law schools, is not being taught in schools. I believe For more information on the campaign, please visit ccsboardcandidates.com. /Parent 2 0 R >> Steph I NEED to know Editors note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed authorship to the Carmel Education Foundation. Caroline is also a Report for America corps member with the GroundTruth Project, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to supporting the next generation of journalists in the U.S. and around the world. Very ambiguous (as I understand). This is a special Board of Education meeting which will begin at 5:30 p.m. Kids welcome! CARMEL Four candidates will compete for two seats on Carmel Unified School Districts Governing Board in this months election. I'm a mother of two young children, the current president of the Junior League of Indianapolis, a full-time lawyer for a top local construction firm, and a candidate for Carmel Clay School Board elections that will be decided this November. refuses to BOW to the :). And he received just 90 more votes than Nichols. This is a non-partisan position, so the candidate names will appear near the end of the ballot without a party designation. All three of the district seats are up for election this fall. But then in a lot of other places, it just doesn't resonate.. Flittner In some places, those groups that were pushing these sort of far right extreme agendas that were focused on some of the components of the sort of parental rights ideology, they did really well, because it resonates in those communities. The upshot, as a recent report from the pro-market Cato Institute think tank demonstrated, was an infant formula supply chain incapable of responding nimbly when the Abbott factory at Sturgis, Mich., suddenly went offline in February 2022. When you have students who feel psychologically and physically safe, they are able to perform better academically and be more focused, she said. /ExtGState << stream Carmel Clay 1 One. Adam Sharp is running for this position and is the CEO for health care and tech company Galvan and is a recently-retiredER physician. It just doesn't exist, May said. >> I hope you know I am being lighthearted. This is an important election. This school board includes five members. Follow along with our newsletter. x^} Long, Jennifer Nelson-Williams and Adam Sharp; and candidates for District 3 are Greg Brown and Jake Nichols. Do it before the. Pal0 for /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> stream Sorry I could not make reported May 23 in the Wall Street Journal, D.C. Council voted on Tuesday to stop pulling police officers out of schools, Read our recent editorial on why D.C. needs SROs. But he filed for candidacy because of stories he saw in the media and stories he heard from others around the country. >> 15 0 obj << academics over special << Avi was full of dread in the lead up to last Novembers election. More than half of states have social emotional learning standards for students in K-12 including Indiana according to the Center for The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Follow whats happening in Indiana schools in our newsletter, delivered every weekday. /K false Nelson-Williams, Kouka and Nichols campaign in support of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at Carmel-Clay schools, while the Brake, Brown and Sharp campaign claimed radical liberal teachers were indoctrinating Carmel students. Conservative activists have also pushed the narrative that schools are sexualizing children. Carmel voters will vote for a total of three candidates, one candidate from each district. She also plans to familiarize parents with the ways they can enact change and facilitate conversations between parents and the school board. In recent years, school spending on SEL has increased due to the pandemic. There is one position available for the Carmel Clay district 3 seat. Today, about 16,400 students attend Carmel Clay Schools. Place: Bask on Main 336 W Main St. Carmel Two of the district seats will be on the ballot in November. /Type /Page He ran for City Council for the unestablished Town of Carmel Valley in 2009 as one of the leaders opposed to turning Carmel Valley into a city. Three candidates running for the Carmel Clay school board - Jenny Brake, Greg Brown and Adam Sharp - are running a joint campaign with the hopes of flipping the majority of the board to lean . There is no denying that teachers spend money out of their own pockets . June 26, 2023 at 1:54 p.m. EDT. The Reporter regrets the error. Both of their children attended and graduated from Carmel schools. endobj How can I find out if you He was chosen to be the boards representative to the Carmel Redevelopment Commission, a city commission that partners with developers and businesses on projects. >> School boards in Indiana are made up of non-partisan officials, but campaigns in Hamilton County featured national political talking points and endorsements from high-profile politicians. Jim May is a Carmel Clay parent who became so concerned by the rhetoric from the Brake, Brown and Sharp campaign that he created a website to fact check their claims. /Group << And a majority of those promoted by Moms for Liberty in Howard County also lost. In Westfield, incumbents beat back a challenge from a slate of candidates promising to trust teachers and pushing back on the narrative that they'll indoctrinate students. endobj The Carmel Unified School Districts board of education consists of five board members Seaberry Nachbar, Karl Pallastrini, Anne Marie Rosen, board clerk Tess Arthur and board president Sara Hinds. The other two candidates on the conservative slate running with Brown, Adam Sharp and Jenny Brake lost by similarly narrow margins. Finally, Greg Brown is running for District 3. he and his wife, Kelly, moved to Carmel 28 years ago because of the then-excellent school system. I find that absolutely wrong from a conservative Christian perspective.. @@(cH B=^)PFWSxF~.l; J#ZLSx8p?nn [rJ I|kCb'}c:Yl]D^G)B79Xa[x EQw&JpYsD{r{7IQ\ZK"EcLo6J]HIX^a3dp.Z I am grateful to them for making the commitment. The board is expected to vote on the appointment at a later date. Posted By: The Reporter /Resources << Board Elections - Candidates Candidates for the Carmel Central School District Board of Education There are two (2) Board of Education seats up for election. I want parents to feel confident that Carmel Unified School District will not indoctrinate students with the racism of critical race theory (and) ethnic studies or the Fascist-Marxist ideology of wokeness (and) cancel culture, Samuels said. An analysis from Ballotpedia concluded that school board elections that were previously uncontested races drew slates of candidates who were motivated by three issues: race in education or critical race theory, responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and sex and gender in schools. All three of the district seats are up for election. A teen died while hiking Big Bend. Every seat on this five-member school board is an At Large position. and I pay taxes (so I had endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Long Jennifer Nelson-Williams (incumbent) Adam Sharp District 3 Gregory (Greg) S. Brown Jake Nichols are a Conservative that Mobile apps including immersive storytelling. Brown said he doesnt have any evidence to suggest liberal indoctrination is happening in Carmel Clay schools. Some suburban school districts are seeing a slate of candidates that support a similar goal of getting back to academics claiming that schools are focusing too much on social emotional learning, or using diversity, equity and inclusion work as a guise for introducing critical race theory into schools. 9 0 obj Directors serve a three year term which includes: monthly meetings . This was my question to a CCS School Board Candidate Two at-large members, Katie Browning and Louise Jackson, will remain on the board for two more years. Carmel residents with a combined 104 years living in Carmel Jenny Brake, Dr. Adam Sharp, and Greg Brown filed to run for Carmel Clay School Board this past month. /ProcSet [/PDF /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI /Text] /3d24619b-9e71-4906-933e-7df7fc2b0353 20 0 R Three of these seats are up for election. WFYI is not using Avis full name to protect their privacy. The CCS Board Misti Ray another candidate supported by multiple anti-CRT groups received the second most votes. /AcroForm 3 0 R Each candidate responded to the same four questions about supporting teachers and staff, use of safety referendum funds, addressing mental health challenges and effectiveness of existing school policies. Avi learned about the school board race in Carmel from their dad, Phil. * 23 Jun 2023 21:18:30 Candidates are: District 1 Sheldon Barnes Jenny Brake Stephanie Ann Flittner Kristin L. Kouka District 2 Lori B. 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Richburg (foreign affairs); and Molly Roberts (technology and society). /Type /Page Sharp's platform emphasizes building on CCS academic programs, focusing on fiscal responsibility, providing kids with a broad subject range to study, and improving what he defined as a declining focus on academic achievement. /K false Someone who knows that our greatest assets are the people in our community. /Contents [25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R] May, who was not involved with Support CCS, hopes concerned parents start organizing well before the next election. * Republican lawmakers introduced bills this month that would require candidates to declare affiliation with a political party and move up the time a person must declare that candidacy for a school board. The deadline for the county to certify election results in Nov. 21. Brown said he wants to improve academic excellence and transparency in Carmel schools. I just want to make sure we don't head that way.. << major impact on our interests and politics! Brake lost by 117 votes, less than 1 point, to Kristin Kouka. the Liberals from the >> >> My family will be following you and supporting your run. The momentum is building. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Arthur said she thinks that students mental health is the most important issue in public education today. People in Carmel and other communities across the country started attending school board meetings to voice their concern and anger regarding school policies. Paige Miller spent 33 years as a teacher in the Carmel Clay school district. /Type /XObject Brake & Sharp! Amber Huff Willis (At Large), William Anderson (District 2) and Rebecca Ogle (District 4) won seats on the Westfield Washington school board; they were also supported by Moms for Liberty Hamilton County. << Sharp is running against candidates Lori Long and Jennifer Nelson-Williams. In Noblesville, incumbent Joe Forgey and newcomer Misti Ray were the top two vote-getters out of a five-person field, securing seats on the board. (Michael Conroy/AP Photo) 4 min. /Filter /FlateDecode Social emotional learning has been criticized by conservatives as critical race theory in disguise. The 2022 general election will take place on Nov. 8 and some of the positions that will be included on the ballot are school board seats. Running against them are Lawrence Samuels and Drew Lander. /Type /Catalog Stephanie Four Candidates for Carmel School Board. His stepdad died trying to get help. >> /e4f32097-29ca-4d33-afad-f7bf508be570 24 0 R Yes, I would like to receive emails from Current Publishing. CCS Board /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Arthur said if reelected, she hopes to continue to support the district in its efforts to support students and staff, as well as continue to maintain trust and collaboration with the districts unions. Never been a big social media guy though. Two of these positions will be a part of the fall election. /ProcSet [/PDF /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI /Text] >> Carmela Atria, one of three trustee hopefuls who will be competing for two available seats on May 16, recently responded to an African-American woman in a heated exchange over Atria's views about Black Lives Matter. During her tenure, she has led the board through a pandemic, a superintendent search and the redistricting process of trustee member boundaries. Congress suspended tariffs, allowing imports to come in from Europe and elsewhere; the Agriculture Department, which administers WIC, allowed states to offer a wider variety of formula brands and packages than their current contracts covered. MY MAIN ISSUE!! Candidates with over 100 years in Carmel file for school board (From left) Greg Brown, Jenny Brake, and Dr. Adam Sharp say they all are running to ensure Carmel Clay Schools remains among the top districts in Indiana. >> If you are a conservative, who believes in Parent involvement (which this community ALWAYS has had), you have my support! D.C. Council reverses itself on school resource officers. The slate of candidates said on their website that some of their main priorities are improving academic excellence, increasing parental rights and increasing transparency. Y{lAwl m0JLa!;"Ez 07Cp #&t(l0YlU3% 'We're not giving up':Failed 'anti-CRT' legislation fueling school board races. Unless and until those are fundamentally reformed, the infant formula supply chain will remain vulnerable to another devastating rupture. We know that when students struggle emotionally, it hinders their ability to learn and access the curriculum.. /Filter /FlateDecode We see that in our community. and later, worked on the campaign of Congressional candidate Mondaire Jones, who was . /be7eb474-6aaa-42a0-9f4f-f45a475aee66 31 0 R Brown said he is running for school board after reviewing the CCS proficiency scores, which are below 70 percent as reported by the schools administration. Overall, Miller said shes satisfied with the results of the past election cycle, and shes already looking toward the future including the 2024 school board election and potential property-tax operating referendum to replace a levy set to end in 2024. The 16-year-old is nonbinary and attends Carmel Clay schools, an affluent and majority White district. Time: 9:00 to 11:00 AM Jenny Brake is running for this seat and was a director of guest and member services at College Park Church in Indianapolis and volunteered as the opening night chairman for the Heartland Film Festival. Earlier this week, the board selected finalists who will. It is a choice that should be well informed and that is important for the future of our children and our community. The most recent data on how often students are forcibly restrained or secluded in Indiana schools.
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