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In a recent Tribune article, the Resources for Results committee announced three public hearings will be held this April at each of the three middle schools to reveal the committee’s findings to the public and to ask for public input regarding those findings.
The Resources for Results committee has been meeting for almost three years to better allocate the schools’ resources and consists of members of the public, two school board members — Mrs. Rebecca Gardenour and Mrs. Lee Ann Wiseheart — and school corporation employees. Meetings have been closed to the general public to avoid the committee from growing to an unmanageable size and to facilitate consensus decision-making. Abbreviated meeting notes have been provided on the corporation Web site. However, school board members who are not on the committee have repeatedly mentioned during school board meetings that they are unaware of the details and discussions occurring during committee meetings because they (the school board) are waiting to hear final recommendations at the conclusion of the process.
Mrs. Wiseheart was quoted as saying, “the public will see that the findings affect everyone,” and adding that most of the committee’s time was spent looking at redistricting school boundary lines. I believe that Mrs. Wiseheart was making a very important point — the findings will impact every school, teacher and student in the corporation. Decisions that are made as a result of the committee’s findings will most likely be huge and will have a far-reaching impact to the corporation in the future. Decisions of this magnitude would warrant that the committee record each of the hearings, so the committee can review and incorporate public comments into their recommendations.
Since the general public is invited to attend these three public hearings and there was no mention of soliciting public comments after recommendations are made, I extend a public invitation to each voting member of the school board to also attend each of the three hearings to listen to the suggestions, opinions and concerns of each person who approaches the microphone firsthand. By doing so, wouldn’t each school board member be better equipped to make informed decisions when recommendations are brought to them for a vote by the Resources for Results committee?
No matter how lengthy these hearings become, I believe the general public is owed this consideration of school board attendance and look forward to seeing each and every voting member of our elected school board at all three public hearings. See you then!
— Brandi Tabeling, New Albany
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