In today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts, Clarence Boone and Liz Mitchell are delighted to speak with members of the MCCSC administration about a number of topics. Namely, a wrap-up and closure on the 21-22 academic year; upcoming graduations; and a discussion on a November 8th referendum ballot question that will request an 18.5 cent operating levy aimed at …
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Monroe County Community Schools Superintendent Judi DeMuth is taking issue with discrepancies in MCCSC teacher compensation data distributed recently by Indiana State Representative Peggy Mayfield. In last night’s MCCSC school board meeting, DeMuth provided an excerpt from a handout she said Mayfield distributed at a recent education presentation. DeMuth said the handout underrepresented what MCCSC spends on teacher salaries. Interim …
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The Richland – Bean Blossom School Board unanimously approved a three-year contract for a new superintendent, Monday night. Though the contract is nameless, it provides the new superintendent a salary of 130 thousand dollars annually. That’s about five thousand dollars more than what former RBB superintendent Mike Wilcox reportedly earned. Wilcox resigned in June after miscalculating the school corporation’s debt …
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National fallout from sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic church continues to bring to light to abuse cases in Indiana; The Richland – Bean Blossom School Board unanimously approved a three-year contract for a new superintendent; 13th Street in Bloomington will be closed for a month while Indiana University renovates its former press building; The Indiana Department of Transportation says traffic in Brown …
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2013 was a volatile year for education in Indiana. Education leaders made national headlines with their highly visible dysfunction and disputes, most stemming from a rocky relationship between newly-elected State Board of Education Superintendent Glenda Ritz and the Indiana Department of Education. CREDITS The Best of 2013 is a production of the WFHB News Department. Today’s episode was produced by …
Read More »On Tuesday, October First The Bloomington Chamber of Commerce presented an educational forum. The forum was open to the public and featured audience discussions. Speakers included Glenda Ritz, Indiana’s State Superintendent and Jeb Conrad, President of The Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. This event was recorded on Location at Deer Park Manor by Community Access Television Services for Standing Room Only, …
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