Let's get back to Shortridge. The world needs to know how horrible a man Cosby is. I use the term "man" but he isn't much of one if what was written is true about him.
I'm appalled at the enormous amounts of food being thrown away each day during summer school (and I'm sure during the regular year, too). Surely some shelter could use the remainders.
What about the styrofoam trays that are used each day by each student and then thrown away? That seems like a lot of money being wasted and also hurting the environment. Aren't we all trying to "Go Green"?
Cosby has really brought shame to IPS. The girl sounds like she isn't the brightest lightbulb in the package, BUT Cosby is an administrator and should never have crossed the line.
Cosby came into Shortridge bragging how he broke his high school teacher's jaw. What kind of a person is proud of such violent behavior. I think he is a psychopath and this latest adventure only proves he is a little man out of control!
He would brag about breaking his teacher's jaw? Did he brag to teachers or was his bragging done before students?
He must be a loose cannon! Private industry would cut their losses quickly by firing him. Yet, taxpayers' money is used to pay a handsome salary to this man so he can train children that it's OK to be disrespectful/violent to adults.
The only thing students learn from Cosby is 'how to keep on being ghetto'. He's holding the kids down, not lifting them up and expanding their horizons beyond the ghetto lifestyle.
I don't know this Principal Cosby at Shortridge, but I have seen him in public before(he is as tall as he is wide)..............he really shouldn't tuck his shirts inside his trousers(not that his zipper is as long as Dr. White's, to go around that stomache). His body shape and the way he expresses himself, I thought the man had some sugar in his tank. I was surprise to hear he was involved with a woman and not a man? Just goes to figure IPS has the worst of the worst working for a corrupt school system!
Anyone who attended the Ben Carson lecture at Clowes last year witnessed Principal Cosby making a public spectacle of himself. His behavior was very inappropriate for such an occasion and demonstrated his arrogance.
It is amazing how IPS has picked some fakes to be role models for African-American males. Suggs and his infidelity. Dr White and Dr. Giles have their ladies in the same building. Now Cosby and his crazy fling. Lets find some retired educators who are respected by the community.
Cosby came to IPS as part of the Gates Small School Grant, that even Bill and Melinda Gates admit was a bust. He was responsible for helping "retrain" teachers, were you "retrained", how effective was this? I was at a meeting where the retraining amounted to "white teachers can't understand the black experience, and shouldn't be teaching black kids", yup that was really useful. http://www.uindy.edu/news/?p=123 All this, an interesting observation from a man from the ghetto of New Castle!
The real tragedy that all of this is on the backs of the students who suffer from one more failed plan, one more failed administrator, one more fake initiative. Teachers want effective administrators, people who will see their role as supporting what happens in the classroom. They want to arrive at a building and find the things they need to teach in place. They want authoritative advice when they ask or need it. They don't want an ego maniac in the office, someone who plays favorites, someone who doesn't back them up, or someone who makes millions of excused. If the teacher doesn't show up education stops, if an administrator doesn't show, who cares.
What a shame that all this drama takes away from our real purpose, educating children so they can have a better future.
Cosby isolated himself from his teachers this year. He didn't answer our emails. He was never available even when he was in the office alone. He was always going on out of town trips. I guess he made time to be available for this one female teacher. If the school board lets him stay, they should be fired!!
I'll say it again, good high quality African-American role models can't operate within the fences of IPS. Greg Allen, Will Tyler, and Jeff White were great school administrators. Their own ran them away because they were to head strong. Eugene White needs to get a grip and call some of the good ones to come home.
Dear blogmaster: If you were really an IPS employee, you would know what "other stries are out there." You're nothing more than a troll with a blog populated by faux posters also pretending to be IPS teachers.
"Welcome to IPS B.S. We are a group of IPS insiders who are sick and tired of all the crap in Indianapolis Public Schools, but this is the only way we can get the truth out about IPS without reprisal. If you are a teacher, parent, staff or student we welcome your stories."
Creativity is a sin in IPS--the powers that be have shut it down in every way they can. Even the Key School is gone, replaced by an IPS clone carrying only the name "Key."
Fantastic, creative out-of-the-box educators near retirement age are leaving in droves and the new teachers have few creative role models and no one acknowledges innovation unless it involves a photo-op.
I am proud of the work I did for IPS, proud of my student, my colleagues, proud of the heritage and beautiful buildings, even proud of a couple of my administrators, but I left when unstable, inept fear-driven administrators opted for educational practices they admitted were "of no use to students or their education" as opposed to proven and innovative methods that were working.
Ok, it seems like I am not "highly qualified" in a subject I been teaching for the last ten years (math). I need two credit hours, will I still have a contract? I am taking a online course this summer that will place me in the twenty-five credit hours of math?
Stan Law, B. Crosby, Willie Giles, Dr. White, Dexter Suggs are all doing the "nasty" on company time. These are the truths that are published for the "Bobble Headed" Board to see and ask Dr. White about at the next meeting. Oh, lord that was funny.
But I thought that Eugene White was doing a great job of getting his African-American friends in "high" positions. It seems that you can only be Eugene's friend if you do what he tells you to, like Dr. Brown, Dr. Busch and company.
This is all such a shame. This is not a business dealing with insurance claims of stocks. We work with children! You would think that those in positions of power would keep that in mind.
In regards to the John Marshall post, our IPS Athletic Director has all sorts of people on his chopping block list. Dr. White has trained him well. Too bad he is keeping only those who have befriended him - regardless of their work ethic or experience. Sounds like he IS Dr. White-in-training after all.
Does anyone know if 12 and 11 month principals really show up for work during the summer? I thought 74's principal was a 12 month employee and I cannot get anyone to answer when I call the school.
Victor Bush is a under-qualified, racist and wouldn't even be able to hold a job in a real school district... he is little more then a street thug in a 79.99 Men's Warehouse pimp suit with an degree in Ebonics. When the state takes over he will be looking for a new career because he is unemployable as a teacher, let alone an administrator.
Stan Law is a clean person. He made a mistake and took his punishment because he knew he was wrong. No other male administrator admitted their wrongdoing and took their punishment. Give the man some credit.
Why would any self respecting parent allow a child to attend Shortridge? I have shared with two sets of parents and both have decided against sent their children to Shortridge. Besides Shortride being a moral cesspool, it is out of control.
What we need to do is force IEA to do an Open Records request for documents pertaining to Brandon Cosby, Willie Giles, Eugene White, and Dexter Suggs. This will make them "lawyer up" which is always a sign of guilt.
I have definitely noticed a lack of action from this IEA president. Who cares what she looks like, actions (or in her case INactions) speak louder than words.
I went to Indiana Institute of Technology and found the university to be well founded for a base education. As most the same as the University of Indianapolis (Indiana Central College). Ann will protect union members and keeps their personal business from the press.
Is there any word on a new contract? Our old one expired at the end of last school year.
I think people are forgetting the three years that we celebrated getting last summer was two years in the rear. So at the end of the 2009-10 school year we are back at the beginning.
No contract! There has been no mention from the union.
I think IPS needs to consider abandoning the Shortridge magnet. It is being run by a fool and district policies and rules are not followed and the concept of a law and government magnet have completely failed. Butler must be on the edge of severing ties. On top of all of that, it appears to be a sexual deli.
Greg Allen, Will Tyler, and Jeff White were great school administrators. LMAO! Great administrators? White didn't know how to order textbooks for his kids, for cryin' out loud, so they went without for weeks at the start of his last school year. Allen smiled a lot while chaos rained. Actually, that could be said of smooth-talkin' Jeff "Nothing's my fault, I'm a victim" White, too. If he was so great, why can't he land a job in a new district? Lord knows he's tried. Because other districts know a fake when they see him.
Ann Wilkins, IEA President, can't comment until she clears it with Eugene White. He owns her and watch. She will have a nice Ed. Center do nothing job when her term as president ends. IEA has been silent this whole past chaotic year. No wonder they are losing members.
@Greg Allen, Will Tyler, and Jeff White were great school administrators.
The person who did not order textbooks at Marshall for that particular year was Debra Barlowe. She was the Asst. Principal who was in charge of textbooks. She didn't even know the adopted texts, the publisher's name, or much less the local publisher's representative in Brownsburg. She was useless at Marshall.
It's mighty funny how all of the schools that has strong black males went downhill after they were assigned for not kissing Jane and Prudence ass. Look who is left over. Larry and Brandon. Two big ass kissing babies that couldn't survive a day at Arlington
There is a tape of Prudence telling Jeff and mrs. Barnes there was not any money to buy textbooks. I heard the tape. As for Greg Allen, he was reassigned for telling Dr. White about how badly Prudence was an a director.
There is also an old email message between a principal and director being critical of Dr. White and his policies. The secretary is waiting to retire in December to release the information
Brandon is barely hanging on at Shortridge which has few students and is a magnet school. He would fall apart in two weeks at Arlington or some of the middle schools. He is weak and ineffective besides being a bully and arrogant.
Cosby is by training and education an 'actor'. His undergrad degree is in Speech Communication and Theatre. This training is evident in his penchant for high drama, getting into character for a role, and enjoyment of the spotlight.
Unfortunately, this theatrical training has NOT prepared him for leadership and management. A few courses in school administration do not make a man a 'leader' or a 'manager' of people. Either you're a leader/manager or you're not. Cosby is NOT a leader, and he surely does NOT possess the skills to manage a school.
A competent leader or smart manager would never find himself in such a sordid tawdry situation.
So, as the blog topic asked, WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE??????
Elementary summer school is over. Yippee!
Had an interesting conversation with a sixth grader today (going on to 7th).
He's tickled as heck to spend this summer holding a bright orange pizza sign. He laughed, because, while he's making six bucks an hour to hold the sign, the local drug dealer is paying him two hundred bucks a day to "Snitch on the PoPo" (his words). He has a cell phone with only one button, which he showed the class. While I had never seen that technology, I wasn't shocked or surprised, except that he was so open with this information.
He bragged that he will be ready to quit school and get his own "turf" when he gets out of eighth grade. He said he'd be too rich to have to get any more education.
So, at least one IPS student has his future planned down to the month and year.
Contact information for THE BEST local (Robert Turner is not local) EEOC attorney and/or Civil Rights attorney would be greatly appreciated. We know you guys know people, so start sending their contact information please.
To the poster above, I totally believe this sad scenerio. As an IPS social worker, I have heard this same story many times. When one works with such impoverished students, it is sooo hard to help a student understand the "value" of an education....knowledge vs immediate money.
It sounds like our "Where do Broken Hearts Go" victim is ready to go to the next level. Can someone help this lady out? Sorry, but I don't know anyone or else I'd offer help.
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Again, why do some insist on accusing administrators of immoral acts in the name of "letting it out without repercussion?" It is cowardly and wrong. You should be ashamed.
One of the two involved here was the principal of Shortridge...who received no punishment while the teacher did. That is the issue. Yes, A principal is part of the administration.
Exactly what I am talking about! This classless talk about these folks gets you nowhere. It's not even informative. It's just trash. If you are even a teacher or staff in the school system, what can you do to make a difference? If everyone is doing everyone, why do you stay? It just does not make since other than you must be perfect and not in fear of someone making up lies about you.
Concerning a current contract or lack thereof: Bargaining meetings between IPS and The IEA are happening right now. You should be hearing from the union soon with updates. If you are really worried, go to an IEA meeting and raise heck! As a member, that is your right - oh wait - that is your responsibility! If you are NOT a member, then either shut up or join!
As a member for many many years, I thought IEA had gone out of business. We got next to no communication from them this year, the web site is never updated and there is never any response at board meetings or in the media to what is going on in IPS. HELLO, out there in IEA land, are you still there? Have you left town? Does Eugene White really own the president of IEA?
No newsletters. No information on when meetings are occuring. The website is NOT user friendly to find out information. Our own AR's in the building have no clue saying, "nothing has been put out".
Before you start bashing people for question find out the facts.
I called up there three times near the end of school.
1. Was put on hold and lost once,
2. the second time was told to call back when someone (don't remember the name will have to check my notes when I get back to school) was in the office,
3. the third time I was transfered around and finally told that there is not information at this time. (Guess, they were waiting for Dr. White to let them know what they could say.)
There is no transparency on the negotiation or communication with the members. So, yes I was asking. What is going on?
(Sorry about any typo's and or gram errors. Doing this from my cell phone and the screan is broken to see them.)
Well lets see: the web site is run by your fellow teachers on their free time. The committee is just starting to meet this summer and the date and time is posted on the web site. Sounds like your AR needs help from you! Get up out of your easy chair and attend the monthly meetings on Monday night, then you would be able to communicate this same information to your fellow teachers, and not putting down the Union. The Union is the membership, not one person on Shadeland Avenue, if you are so concerned then join the committee, or just sit in on the meetings. Now lets see your excuses, I can just hear them, family, school, church, children, we all have that an more.
Only 25% of the teachers at my school are union members. It was not shocking to me when I saw the list of member names. I could have guessed who was a union member just by their behaviors -- they were the ones who were first out the door at the end of the day, the first to complain if a faculty meeting lasted too long by their standards, the first to walk out of an important meeting if the meeting lasted too long, the first to scan the building Duty Roster to see if they had more duties than the teacher down the hall, and the first to compare the number of their daily preps with all the other teachers' preps.
The IEA president is paid with members' dues money. We do not pay her to kiss Eugene fat ass. There is also a Uniserve Director paid with members dues......Most members don't even know his/her name. Members used to get Action Line updates but that doesn't happen anymore. When was the last Action Line printed and distributed? I guess when Eugene speaks that we are to assume he is speaking for IEA. He does own the President, Ann Wilkins. After almost 30 years as a member, I am strongly considering dropping my membership since Eugene is now running the union.
I have been a union member since I started teaching 17 years ago. I have never "heard" the union be this silent before the current president. Let's hope the term goes quickly so we can get a president who actually stands up for us and informs us. I have been to the meetings on Monday when Al was pres. Everything that was discussed there was sent out to the schools. Now, not so much.
Same ole, same ole tired posts here. Nothing new to see or read. Seriously, ya'll sound like a bunch of jealous biddies with nothing better to do than gossip.
Greg Allen a great school administrator? Obviously, this person never worked in the building where "Mr. Toothpick" was an administrator. The students didn't even know who he was because he was never out of his office. The extent of his wonderful vocabulary consisted of "ya know" over 1000 times per faculty meeting
Check out Sarah Bogard at Tech. The laziest principal within IPS. Larry Yarrell takes a two hour lunch break and goes to every conference to avoid doing his job. Check the board doc and look at reimbursements.
Sarah Bogard not only is the laziest but the meanest and the dumbest. She knows nothing and cares nothing about school discipline, test scores, classroom instruction or teaching techniques. All she cares about are her damn flowers and bushes. The amount of money spent on that is insane. Tech needs new desks, filing cabinets and other needs before making the place look like a greenhouse gone wild.
I understand that Tech will be building a new greenhouse. Since Mrs. Bogard is now the district vocational director as well as the principal, she will be starting a horticulture program!!!
We lose validity, as a group of truly educated, informed IPS employees, when we do nothing but bash administrators. I agree with all of the postings above about the ridiculous behavior of those that are supposed to be "in charge" of various IPS campuses. But, rather than name call, curse, and call out the quircky actions of IPS administrators, let's talk about the challenges that our kids face as a result of poor IPS policies and procedures. Let's talk about who is doing what is "right." Let's talk about what we can actually do to effect change.
To the poster five posts up: Why don't YOU stop BASHING and GOSSIPING and start CONTRIBUTING to making IPS a better place for students, parents and teachers? I know why, nevermind.
It would seem that no matter how hard professional educators try to participate in this blog in a dignified manner, there will be some who just cannot understand the error of their ways. Sure, we could stop visiting this blog, but if we do not say something intelligent in the midst of all of this, then what is the point? To the majority -- I am honored to be called an educator in a really tough environment and working along side some of the finest people I know....So there!
The Sarah Bogard I knew was one of the hardest working people in IPS, if I stopped in the building on Saturday or Sunday she was there, working. And when she did school business, hiring, the buildings and grounds committee she followed the IPS guidelines, she never did anything dirty or underhanded. Tech is too big of a school for the principal to micro-manage classrooms....she has to rely on her subordinates to be here eyes and ears in the classrooms, and as you well know those aren't her decisions..
oh, I see....you are one of the few "intelligent" ones who post. I suppose you are one of the humble ones also.
Sylvia, I read your post about Bogard.....you close friendship with her has blinded you. Being big does not exempt a principal from taking careof the educational program. She does have a vice principal for Buildings and Grounds.
This blog is full of teacher's who are losers and no different from the kids and adults that THEY talk about. This blog also has a few, professional, concerned teachers that are actually looking for information that may be true, that may assist them in their employment, or that may contain positive praise. I would fall into that category. It was nice in the beginning, but this blog does not set a good public example. If you are that unhappy: quit. Be miserable off another district's expense...but wait...they won't hire you because you probably don't do your job anyway (complainers and check drawers). All of the decent people who check in from time to time need to boycott this site and never return. My visits turned from weekly to monthly to bi-monthly and after the period on this sentence- I am not returning. Low life teachers! Again, I am talking to the negative, hateful, spiteful, unprofessional people on here.
I agree with you .....don't come back to the blog if it bothers you that much....I suspect that you are probably an administrator anyway...this is the only place that teachers and parents have to discuss some of the major problems in IPS...I know for a fact that there have been changes made because of some items discussed on here...once again, if you don't like it, stay away and quit thinking that for some reason that you are better than the rest of us. All you have done is whine about your co-workers!!!!
The story about the drug dealer paying the kid to watch for snitches is a lie. Street drug dealers don't make as much as you think they do, and the ones that do make big money would never pay a kid to watch for cops on the street corner with a phone that has the dealer's phone number in it. Also, your contempt for the phrase "po-po" is more evidence that this story is made up based on your stereotypes of what IPS students are like. (I'm not saying students don't say it, I'm saying that it's common urban slang, and has nothing to do with valuing education. Just like I have rural friends, both dumb and smart, both educated and not, who use words like "ain't" "hisself" and "tarnation." The social worker is a liar too. I AM a teacher, and students turn to the streets because that is where they get the most respect. Most urban families are not respected within the education system, as this blog clearly demonstrates. And NOBODY respects people who look down on them. To expect these kids to look at bigoted, ignorant, sour-faced teachers as beacons of light to be blindly followed is stupid. And it is this stupidity (among teachers and administrators) that is destroying IPS. This blog is evidence of that stupidity. I will continue to come here and denounce the stupidity and the ignorance, and I hope the poster above does too. If you want to hold your bash sessions in private, than do so. If you want to do it on a blog, people like me (a real IPS teacher) are going to continue to call you out.
I agree...stay focused on Shortridge until they fire both of them! They should not be within 50 feet of children. They are both dangerous people with no morals!
Has anyone taken the Austim workshops that are being offered this summer? I teach secondary and was wondering if the workshops could relate to students that I see daily?
"The story about the drug dealer paying the kid to watch for snitches is a lie. Street drug dealers don't make as much as you think they do, and the ones that do make big money would never pay a kid to watch for cops on the street corner with a phone that has the dealer's phone number in it."
You are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. This was a direct quote, coming during the last hour of the last discussion of the last day of grade six summer school curriculum, National Geographic's "Asking Questions." We were reading narratives of Jane Addams and Jacob Riis, and their fight to eliminate child labor in the early 1900s. My students were aghast to learn that, at a Christmas celebration, Jane Addams offered poor children baskets of candy. Each child refused to accept even one sweet, since they worked in the candy factories that produced the treats.
This led to a discussion about what jobs 12- and 13-year olds could legally hold today. The first two chores mentioned were cutting grass and babysitting. That's when W..... made his statement. None of the other students even blinked an eye, simply nodding at W.....'s good fortune. Now, W..... is a polite, well mannered, unassuming young man with the best assortment of the most expensive shoes I've ever seen. The only time I saw panic was Tuesday morning, when we offloaded the buses in the drowning, drenching rain. He took great strides (literally!) to keep his footwear dry.
Besides, where have you been? Kids have been used as lookouts for criminal activity throughout time! We had students from Clearstream Gardens (AKA Zooneyville) at School 114 who regularly wore in socks stuffed with wads of cash 25 years ago. Drug and gang activity was so prevalent that police escorts were required for the mail to be delivered. The saddest was when the mother of three students set her apartment ablaze, then took her own life. The fire department was ordered to wait on Raymond Street for their escort before they could begin dousing the flames.
Those projects are long gone, but I still cringe at the thought of what the future held for these kids. Some things don't change.
Oh, yes, not only am I an IPS Educator, I am an IPS Tech Titan! And, yes, I am a bigot....against sour-faced, negative posters like you. I'm sorry for your students, if you bring this attitude into your class.
I pray that I don't teach with you. Seems that you have more stereotypes than anyone.
I'm not the poster who originally disputed your story, but I will admit that your second version sounds way more believable than your first. Most Indiana drug dealers don't make $200 per day themselves, let alone so much that they can pay a 6th grader that much. But the biggest thing that always makes me question the truthfulness of these kinds of stories is that if this story were true, all of the players, including the teacher, would be identifiable from the story. Other teachers would know who the poster was from the story. And why post anonymously on a blog and then tell a story that anyone at your school would be able to identify you with?
"With all this praying about not teaching with this teacher or that teacher, it's a wonder that IPS has any teachers at all."
People, this blog is EXTREME. Many of us teach in small quiet elementary schools where the kids walk to school and the community is very supportive. Teachers aren't "fooling around" with others and many have been teaching together for almost 20 years. Kids return to our school to share their accomplishments many years later.Things are peaceful and learning is the focus. I hate to see this other crap dominate a forum where the focus should be about improving things and not personal vendettas. Too bad the rest of you aren't as happy and satisfied as the rest of us. To those of you outside IPS..don't let this blog influence you into believing that ALL IPS is this way or feels this way. It's not! This isn't happening in all of OUR schools! Peace.
To the students I teach being a drug dealer doesn't sound like a bad job, often the dealer is an uncle or brother who shows up when money is scarce and brings a bag of groceries, diapers, or those hot new shoes that make you someone. When I was doing homebound the girl's brother would be asleep on the sofa, and drugs and money would fall out of his socks, he also bought everything the baby needed.
To combat this perception I used to do a "T" chart, comparing my job to that of being a drug dealer, we'd call that a teachable moment. Con's on being a drug dealer, no vacation, no health insurance, you put your entire family at risk, you can't bank your money, you can't buy a house, you risk going to jail every day.
We are still waiting on the bobble head school School Board to do something with the Shortridge principal and his loose morals.......I wonder what it is like to be a school board member but never be allowed to make a decision and to be bullied if you ask a question.
The problem is that you cannot punish one and not the other. This was not a solo act. That is the whole controversy in this situation. The teacher was punished and the principal was not. DOUBLE STANDARD.
How was the teacher punished? If you say that she was transferred to a better school, how is that being punished. The principal is being punished by having to stay put and dealing the the disgraces of having been with that teacher. How embarrassing!
How do you define "better school". I question whether she was transferred to a better school. That is her preference not yours and not mine. She was yanked out of a school that she was dedicated to and worked hard for and accomplished a lot with her students. Transfer the principal to a different school. Although with his limited experience and anger problems that would probably just create a problem with another school.
Sylvia, I read your post about Bogard.....you close friendship with her has blinded you. Being big does not exempt a principal from taking careof the educational program. She does have a vice principal for Buildings and Grounds.
Sylvia didn't write that post, there are many people who know and respect Bogard.
I would think ANY school would be better than Shortridge, but ANY school that either the principal or the teacher would be transferred to would be downgraded due to them being there! What a joke both of them are to the educational world!
Once again, I think Cosby was wrong to have gotten involved with a staff member, however, it was SHE who wrote embarassing things on Facebook about him for the world to see. She did it, not him, therefore she was the one who should be punished. It was not only vulgar, I hear, but stupid and childish!!
No one is claiming that either party is innocent...but there was certainly a double standard with the way this was handled. Legally I believe the burden is with the person who is in a supervisory position but again neither are children and both know better.
Bran-don.....Bran-don...he is the man....he can have any teacher he wants...and not have to worry.......I think the story will become public very school.........I don't think even Eugene White or Mary Busch would lie under oath...would they?
The School board knows too but they are afraid of Eugene White so they won't do anything until forced to do it. Maybe if they are in court testifying about what they knew, when they knew it and why they ignored the situation then maybe they will grow a backbone. Until then, they are nothing but bobbleheads.
I have lost thrity pounds, and headed to Italy for a few weeks. Heaven, awaits this teacher, I might look for a small villa on the coast, the housing market is very depressed.
Hey....great article in today's Star about charter schools. Of course, we'll get their rejects about six weeks in, as usual.
Also, I'd love to start first day with all my kids. My heart goes out to those Kindergarten educators whose student population trickles in. There's a special place in Heaven for Pre and K teachers.
On what planet do these parents live who say (about two weeks after the beginning of the school year), "I didn't know school had started". How can people NOT know that school has started? Don't they even notice the big yellow buses rolling down the street?
I don't think she would have gone after that short stack! She seemed to be very happily married to her husband. I believe she must have been delivered some sort of line from that "kool-aid man". I really don't think she deserves all the bashing that is going on.
The supervisor always is the culpable person...he has the power and the implied threats for not going along...that is why it is such a double standard that he went unpunished.
I honestly cannot believe people continue to defend her. She is equally as wrong as he was. She was not happily married to her husband if she felt the need to cheat on him. From what was being said here, her marriage was over before she even started the affair with Cosby. She made it public knowledge with her displeasure that he opted not to stay with her, so she brought this on herself. There really is no basis for you to defend her and it only adds humor to this blog.
Unless she felt pressure from her boss to get involved? That is why it is wrong for supervisior/employee relationships. Most major companies have this as part of the Human Resources handbook. I dont know about IPS. It doesn't matter as the regime of Eugene White has made it clear numerous times that the school board is turning a blind eye to this.
No, I never received a Human Resource Handbook. I always received a HR book from other school districts. This book would distinctly spell out all the "do not's". My conclusion is that IPS does not like to put anything in writing because that makes it too official and perhaps legal. IPS prefers to do business by 'word of mouth', hearsay, etc, which is nothing more than allowing IPS to keep all their options open when dealing with HR situations. That does not work with such a large group of employees. Just as students need guidelines laid out in simple language, so do adult employees.
IPS has policies, lots of policies, go to the home page, then go to the board page, then go to the public site on board documents and there is a row of tabs across the top, try the one that says policies, and there is a drop down menu of various policies. IPS does a really poor job of letting people know about policies, when they changed the cell phone policy about a year and a half ago no one knew except one teacher, and he informed the principal, and had to print off the new policy for everyone. http://www.boarddocs.com/in/indps/Board.nsf/Public
Does anyone else remember getting e mail messages about the sexual harassment policy being revised-I think in the spring? At the time I was guessing that something had happened to prompt a revision.
Life is not fair. I am a single man with no kids. I work extremely hard, consider myself a very attractive person, work-out three days a week, maintain my health, and people like him are -- without effort -- attracting Cover Girls. What is wrong with this picture?
Well the first thing wrong with the picture is that you think she is a Cover Girl. The second thing is that maybe you are just looking in the wrong places or your expectations are too high.
LOL!!!I am sure the teacher wrote some of the above posts. " Cover Girl"--ha!hA!ha! If you don't work at Shortridge, then you don't know WHAT she looks like, and if you do, then you know she is not a " Cover Girl!" Oh, Cher! The attraction had nothing to do with weight, it has to do with POWER!!
To the above poster: Let me guess, you fit the mold of tired, fat, worn-out, matronly, saggy old female teachers? Just a thought, sure I'm not far off.
On a scale of 1-10, I rate her a 5. I do work at Shortridge and will next year as well. We are glad to be rid of her. Sorry Cher, but even you will agree, that you can be way too much. I feel sorry for whoever gets her because she always brings drama with her! Just ask the good people of John Marshall who sent her packing before Shortridge.
Cher is very dedicated and a strong positive teacher whose students benefit greatly from being in her class. I must admit I don't understand how you got involved with a 450 pound egomaniac bully.....but it will be public one day and Eugene White will be the one looking like a fool.
I'm a recent sped transfer to NHS. It was culture shock coming fromCold Spring Elem- thanks Mitch snd Tony! But I have some sweet, awesome, loving students wanting to learn- despite the "corrective" measures being taken. But how long shall they be up-ended folks?? And they know all their teachers may not be back next year. So much for stability!
Let's get back to Shortridge. The world needs to know how horrible a man Cosby is. I use the term "man" but he isn't much of one if what was written is true about him.
ReplyDeleteHahaha. You caved to the few that complained and wanted a new topic. If they don't want to hear about it, they don't have to read it.
ReplyDeleteI'm appalled at the enormous amounts of food being thrown away each day during summer school (and I'm sure during the regular year, too). Surely some shelter could use the remainders.
ReplyDeleteMost of the children at my summer school eat it all.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the styrofoam trays that are used each day by each student and then thrown away? That seems like a lot of money being wasted and also hurting the environment. Aren't we all trying to "Go Green"?
ReplyDeleteCosby has really brought shame to IPS. The girl sounds like she isn't the brightest lightbulb in the package, BUT Cosby is an administrator and should never have crossed the line.
ReplyDeleteAnd neither should she!
ReplyDeleteGet over it people. They were both consenting adults!
ReplyDeleteCosby came into Shortridge bragging how he broke his high school teacher's jaw. What kind of a person is proud of such violent behavior. I think he is a psychopath and this latest adventure only proves he is a little man out of control!
ReplyDelete@Cosby came into Shortridge bragging
ReplyDeleteHe would brag about breaking his teacher's jaw? Did he brag to teachers or was his bragging done before students?
He must be a loose cannon! Private industry would cut their losses quickly by firing him. Yet, taxpayers' money is used to pay a handsome salary to this man so he can train children that it's OK to be disrespectful/violent to adults.
The only thing students learn from Cosby is 'how to keep on being ghetto'. He's holding the kids down, not lifting them up and expanding their horizons beyond the ghetto lifestyle.
Don't stop folks. He has to be removed. Smiling for the newspapers will only get you so far Mr. Black Role Model
ReplyDeleteHis spin on that story was that the teacher deserved it. He actually believed what he was saying. Loose cannon? I think he's a NUT!
ReplyDeleteCosby spins long tales at faculty meetings evoking tears but many are later proven to be false. Something is missing.
ReplyDeleteAND
When will Mary Busch get a new hairdo???? Should we start a pool?
I don't know this Principal Cosby at Shortridge, but I have seen him in public before(he is as tall as he is wide)..............he really shouldn't tuck his shirts inside his trousers(not that his zipper is as long as Dr. White's, to go around that stomache). His body shape and the way he expresses himself, I thought the man had some sugar in his tank. I was surprise to hear he was involved with a woman and not a man? Just goes to figure IPS has the worst of the worst working for a corrupt school system!
ReplyDeleteAnyone who attended the Ben Carson lecture at Clowes last year witnessed Principal Cosby making a public spectacle of himself. His behavior was very inappropriate for such an occasion and demonstrated his arrogance.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how IPS has picked some fakes to be role models for African-American males. Suggs and his infidelity. Dr
ReplyDeleteWhite and Dr. Giles have their ladies in the same building. Now Cosby and his crazy fling. Lets find some retired educators who are respected by the community.
Cosby came to IPS as part of the Gates Small School Grant, that even Bill and Melinda Gates admit was a bust. He was responsible for helping "retrain" teachers, were you "retrained", how effective was this? I was at a meeting where the retraining amounted to "white teachers can't understand the black experience, and shouldn't be teaching black kids", yup that was really useful.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.uindy.edu/news/?p=123
All this, an interesting observation from a man from the ghetto of New Castle!
http://www.uindy.edu/news/?p=178
http://www.harmonyschool.org/www/pdf/connections/2009.spring.liv_hist_cosby.pdf
The real tragedy that all of this is on the backs of the students who suffer from one more failed plan, one more failed administrator, one more fake initiative. Teachers want effective administrators, people who will see their role as supporting what happens in the classroom. They want to arrive at a building and find the things they need to teach in place. They want authoritative advice when they ask or need it.
They don't want an ego maniac in the office, someone who plays favorites, someone who doesn't back them up, or someone who makes millions of excused. If the teacher doesn't show up education stops, if an administrator doesn't show, who cares.
What a shame that all this drama takes away from our real purpose, educating children so they can have a better future.
Cosby isolated himself from his teachers this year. He didn't answer our emails. He was never available even when he was in the office alone. He was always going on out of town trips. I guess he made time to be available for this one female teacher. If the school board lets him stay, they should be fired!!
ReplyDeleteI'll say it again, good high quality African-American role models can't operate within the fences of IPS. Greg Allen, Will Tyler, and Jeff White were great school administrators. Their own ran them away because they were to head strong. Eugene White needs to get a grip and call some of the good ones to come home.
ReplyDeleteUnless a teacher was willing to get on their knees, Cosby wouldn't take the time.
ReplyDeleteDear blogmaster: If you were really an IPS employee, you would know what "other stries are out there." You're nothing more than a troll with a blog populated by faux posters also pretending to be IPS teachers.
ReplyDeletestories - typo
ReplyDeleteThe blogger never claimed to be an IPS teacher. Relax.
ReplyDelete"Welcome to IPS B.S. We are a group of IPS insiders who are sick and tired of all the crap in Indianapolis Public Schools, but this is the only way we can get the truth out about IPS without reprisal. If you are a teacher, parent, staff or student we welcome your stories."
ReplyDeleteWhat do you define as "insider?"
Creativity is a sin in IPS--the powers that be have shut it down in every way they can. Even the Key School is gone, replaced by an IPS clone carrying only the name "Key."
DeleteFantastic, creative out-of-the-box educators near retirement age are leaving in droves and the new teachers have few creative role models and no one acknowledges innovation unless it involves a photo-op.
I am proud of the work I did for IPS, proud of my student, my colleagues, proud of the heritage and beautiful buildings, even proud of a couple of my administrators, but I left when unstable, inept fear-driven administrators opted for educational practices they admitted were "of no use to students or their education" as opposed to proven and innovative methods that were working.
And what "truths" have gotten out as a result of this bash blog? My original comment stands.
ReplyDeleteOk, it seems like I am not "highly qualified" in a subject I been teaching for the last ten years (math). I need two credit hours, will I still have a contract? I am taking a online course this summer that will place me in the twenty-five credit hours of math?
ReplyDeleteStan Law, B. Crosby, Willie Giles, Dr. White, Dexter Suggs are all doing the "nasty" on company time. These are the truths that are published for the "Bobble Headed" Board to see and ask Dr. White about at the next meeting. Oh, lord that was funny.
ReplyDeleteSome of the women that they are doing the "nasty" are on school time also.......
ReplyDeleteJoe B Wright, the John Marshall Athletic Director, had his job terminated for performance purposes according to last night's School Board meeting.
ReplyDeleteand some of the women just walk in off the street....
ReplyDeleteBut I thought that Eugene White was doing a great job of getting his African-American friends in "high" positions. It seems that you can only be Eugene's friend if you do what he tells you to, like Dr. Brown, Dr. Busch and company.
ReplyDeleteThis is all such a shame. This is not a business dealing with insurance claims of stocks. We work with children! You would think that those in positions of power would keep that in mind.
FYI "of" in the 4th sentence should be "or". Wanted to make sure I corrected myself before someone else did.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to the John Marshall post, our IPS Athletic Director has all sorts of people on his chopping block list. Dr. White has trained him well.
ReplyDeleteToo bad he is keeping only those who have befriended him - regardless of their work ethic or experience. Sounds like he IS Dr. White-in-training after all.
Does anyone know if 12 and 11 month principals really show up for work during the summer? I thought 74's principal was a 12 month employee and I cannot get anyone to answer when I call the school.
ReplyDeleteIf some of the women are really nice, they get to go on taxpayer trips with Dr. White.
ReplyDeleteVictor Bush is a under-qualified, racist and wouldn't even be able to hold a job in a real school district... he is little more then a street thug in a 79.99 Men's Warehouse pimp suit with an degree in Ebonics. When the state takes over he will be looking for a new career because he is unemployable as a teacher, let alone an administrator.
ReplyDeleteWhy does someone keep making these blanket comments about administrators with no factual information? This conversation is really not productive.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeleteStan Law is a clean person. He made a mistake and took his punishment because he knew he was wrong. No other male administrator admitted their wrongdoing and took their punishment. Give the man some credit.
ReplyDeleteVictor Bush is a loser. He and Larry Yarrell have kissed more ass than any toilet within IPS. Where graduated from Indiana Tech. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteI like Stan Law, so do the jail bait girls! He loves to hug on them.
ReplyDeleteLeave Mr. Law alone! I like him as well.
ReplyDeleteWhy would any self respecting parent allow a child to attend Shortridge? I have shared with two sets of parents and both have decided against sent their children to Shortridge. Besides Shortride being a moral cesspool, it is out of control.
ReplyDeleteWhat we need to do is force IEA to do an Open Records request for documents pertaining to Brandon Cosby, Willie Giles, Eugene White, and Dexter Suggs. This will make them "lawyer up" which is always a sign of guilt.
ReplyDeleteThe IEA president is in the back pocket of Eugene White...He gets away with much that past presidents would have nailed his fat ass for violations.
ReplyDeleteEugene must have some mighty big pockets if the IEA president can fit into one. I knew Eugene's pockets were 'deep' but I guess they're also 'wide'.
ReplyDeleteI have definitely noticed a lack of action from this IEA president. Who cares what she looks like, actions (or in her case INactions) speak louder than words.
ReplyDeletePlease, Brown has a doctorate? in what?
ReplyDeleteI went to Indiana Institute of Technology and found the university to be well founded for a base education. As most the same as the University of Indianapolis (Indiana Central College). Ann will protect union members and keeps their personal business from the press.
ReplyDeleteIs there any word on a new contract? Our old one expired at the end of last school year.
ReplyDeleteI think people are forgetting the three years that we celebrated getting last summer was two years in the rear. So at the end of the 2009-10 school year we are back at the beginning.
No contract! There has been no mention from the union.
I think you mean the contract was two years "in arrears" - unless you were making a pun which is pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteI think IPS needs to consider abandoning the Shortridge magnet. It is being run by a fool and district policies and rules are not followed and the concept of a law and government magnet have completely failed. Butler must be on the edge of severing ties. On top of all of that, it appears to be a sexual deli.
ReplyDeleteYou took my question correctly! Based on the policies and management of the schools. That is what it was exactly.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the new one will give us good working conditions or more money for putting up with this school board and administration.
Wish the union would comment on what is going on. Will we enter the year without a contract or have something by the end of the summer.
Greg Allen, Will Tyler, and Jeff White were great school administrators.
ReplyDeleteLMAO! Great administrators? White didn't know how to order textbooks for his kids, for cryin' out loud, so they went without for weeks at the start of his last school year. Allen smiled a lot while chaos rained. Actually, that could be said of smooth-talkin' Jeff "Nothing's my fault, I'm a victim" White, too. If he was so great, why can't he land a job in a new district? Lord knows he's tried. Because other districts know a fake when they see him.
Ann Wilkins, IEA President, can't comment until she clears it with Eugene White. He owns her and watch. She will have a nice Ed. Center do nothing job when her term as president ends. IEA has been silent this whole past chaotic year. No wonder they are losing members.
ReplyDelete@Greg Allen, Will Tyler, and Jeff White were great school administrators.
ReplyDeleteThe person who did not order textbooks at Marshall for that particular year was Debra Barlowe. She was the Asst. Principal who was in charge of textbooks. She didn't even know the adopted texts, the publisher's name, or much less the local publisher's representative in Brownsburg. She was useless at Marshall.
It's mighty funny how all of the schools that has strong black males went downhill after they were assigned for not kissing Jane and Prudence ass. Look who is left over. Larry and Brandon. Two big ass kissing babies that couldn't survive a day at Arlington
ReplyDeleteThere is a tape of Prudence telling Jeff and mrs. Barnes there was not any money to buy textbooks. I heard the tape. As for Greg Allen, he was reassigned for telling Dr. White about how badly Prudence was an a director.
ReplyDeleteThere is also an old email message between a principal and director being critical of Dr. White and his policies. The secretary is waiting to retire in December to release the information
ReplyDeleteI work at Central Office. There is a Open Records request that has a few folks nervous. The lawyers have been in Dr
ReplyDeleteWhite's several times.
The records request is old news. IPS has responded and is reviewing the requested materials.
ReplyDeleteBrandon is barely hanging on at Shortridge which has few students and is a magnet school. He would fall apart in two weeks at Arlington or some of the middle schools. He is weak and ineffective besides being a bully and arrogant.
ReplyDeleteThis blog rocks
ReplyDeleteCosby is by training and education an 'actor'. His undergrad degree is in Speech Communication and Theatre. This training is evident in his penchant for high drama, getting into character for a role, and enjoyment of the spotlight.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, this theatrical training has NOT prepared him for leadership and management. A few courses in school administration do not make a man a 'leader' or a 'manager' of people. Either you're a leader/manager or you're not. Cosby is NOT a leader, and he surely does NOT possess the skills to manage a school.
A competent leader or smart manager would never find himself in such a sordid tawdry situation.
Northwest will be a 7-12 for 2011-2012 school year
ReplyDeleteSo, as the blog topic asked, WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE??????
ReplyDeleteElementary summer school is over. Yippee!
Had an interesting conversation with a sixth grader today (going on to 7th).
He's tickled as heck to spend this summer holding a bright orange pizza sign. He laughed, because, while he's making six bucks an hour to hold the sign, the local drug dealer is paying him two hundred bucks a day to "Snitch on the PoPo" (his words). He has a cell phone with only one button, which he showed the class. While I had never seen that technology, I wasn't shocked or surprised, except that he was so open with this information.
He bragged that he will be ready to quit school and get his own "turf" when he gets out of eighth grade. He said he'd be too rich to have to get any more education.
So, at least one IPS student has his future planned down to the month and year.
IndyWorks pays students $50 a day to go to school and $8.50 an hour to work. Stimulus $ at work.
ReplyDeleteMore like WHO else is out there?
ReplyDeleteContact information for THE BEST local (Robert Turner is not local) EEOC attorney and/or Civil Rights attorney would be greatly appreciated. We know you guys know people, so start sending their contact information please.
To the poster above, I totally believe this sad scenerio. As an IPS social worker, I have heard this same story many times. When one works with such impoverished students, it is sooo hard to help a student understand the "value" of an education....knowledge vs immediate money.
ReplyDeleteOkay, great . . . so contact information please?
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like our "Where do Broken Hearts Go" victim is ready to go to the next level. Can someone help this lady out? Sorry, but I don't know anyone or else I'd offer help.
ReplyDelete-- IPS PARENT
Try this website:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.legalmatch.com/bd/intro6.html?OVNDID=ND1&OVADGRPID=29391653399&OVCAMPGID=1718193511&OVKWID=466325888011&OVADID=73205996011&OVMTC=advanced&OVKEY=eeoc+attorney&OVRAW=indianapolis+eeoc+attorneys&LMSEM=&sao=1&fr=yfp-t-892-s&fr2=sb-top&p=indianapolis+eeoc+attorneys
I think there may soon be a legal defense fund set up so that this teacher can challenge Eugene White and his bobble head board.
ReplyDeleteAgain, why do some insist on accusing administrators of immoral acts in the name of "letting it out without repercussion?" It is cowardly and wrong. You should be ashamed.
ReplyDeleteOne of the two involved here was the principal of Shortridge...who received no punishment while the teacher did. That is the issue. Yes, A principal is part of the administration.
ReplyDeleteAshamed???? White, Giles, Suggs, and Cosby should be ashamed for getting hole and blow on the clock. Talk about instructional leadership. :-)
ReplyDeletePlease don't forget about the female administrators giving blow and hole on the clock. There are too many names to list.
ReplyDeleteExactly what I am talking about! This classless talk about these folks gets you nowhere. It's not even informative. It's just trash. If you are even a teacher or staff in the school system, what can you do to make a difference? If everyone is doing everyone, why do you stay? It just does not make since other than you must be perfect and not in fear of someone making up lies about you.
ReplyDeleteConcerning a current contract or lack thereof: Bargaining meetings between IPS and The IEA are happening right now. You should be hearing from the union soon with updates. If you are really worried, go to an IEA meeting and raise heck! As a member, that is your right - oh wait - that is your responsibility! If you are NOT a member, then either shut up or join!
ReplyDeleteAs a member for many many years, I thought IEA had gone out of business. We got next to no communication from them this year, the web site is never updated and there is never any response at board meetings or in the media to what is going on in IPS. HELLO, out there in IEA land, are you still there? Have you left town? Does Eugene White really own the president of IEA?
ReplyDeleteI agree.
ReplyDeleteNo newsletters. No information on when meetings are occuring. The website is NOT user friendly to find out information. Our own AR's in the building have no clue saying, "nothing has been put out".
Before you start bashing people for question find out the facts.
I called up there three times near the end of school.
1. Was put on hold and lost once,
2. the second time was told to call back when someone (don't remember the name will have to check my notes when I get back to school) was in the office,
3. the third time I was transfered around and finally told that there is not information at this time. (Guess, they were waiting for Dr. White to let them know what they could say.)
There is no transparency on the negotiation or communication with the members. So, yes I was asking. What is going on?
(Sorry about any typo's and or gram errors. Doing this from my cell phone and the screan is broken to see them.)
Well lets see: the web site is run by your fellow teachers on their free time. The committee is just starting to meet this summer and the date and time is posted on the web site. Sounds like your AR needs help from you! Get up out of your easy chair and attend the monthly meetings on Monday night, then you would be able to communicate this same information to your fellow teachers, and not putting down the Union. The Union is the membership, not one person on Shadeland Avenue, if you are so concerned then join the committee, or just sit in on the meetings. Now lets see your excuses, I can just hear them, family, school, church, children, we all have that an more.
ReplyDeleteOnly 25% of the teachers at my school are union members. It was not shocking to me when I saw the list of member names. I could have guessed who was a union member just by their behaviors -- they were the ones who were first out the door at the end of the day, the first to complain if a faculty meeting lasted too long by their standards, the first to walk out of an important meeting if the meeting lasted too long, the first to scan the building Duty Roster to see if they had more duties than the teacher down the hall, and the first to compare the number of their daily preps with all the other teachers' preps.
ReplyDeleteThe IEA president is paid with members' dues money. We do not pay her to kiss Eugene fat ass. There is also a Uniserve Director paid with members dues......Most members don't even know his/her name. Members used to get Action Line updates but that doesn't happen anymore. When was the last Action Line printed and distributed? I guess when Eugene speaks that we are to assume he is speaking for IEA. He does own the President, Ann Wilkins. After almost 30 years as a member, I am strongly considering dropping my membership since Eugene is now running the union.
ReplyDeleteI have been a union member since I started teaching 17 years ago. I have never "heard" the union be this silent before the current president. Let's hope the term goes quickly so we can get a president who actually stands up for us and informs us. I have been to the meetings on Monday when Al was pres. Everything that was discussed there was sent out to the schools. Now, not so much.
ReplyDeleteSame ole, same ole tired posts here. Nothing new to see or read. Seriously, ya'll sound like a bunch of jealous biddies with nothing better to do than gossip.
ReplyDeleteGreg Allen a great school administrator? Obviously, this person never worked in the building where "Mr. Toothpick" was an administrator. The students didn't even know who he was because he was never out of his office. The extent of his wonderful vocabulary consisted of "ya know" over 1000 times per faculty meeting
ReplyDeleteTo the poster two postings up....if there is nothing new to see or read and it is just gossip...THEN QUIT COMING TO THIS BLOG.
ReplyDeleteCheck out Sarah Bogard at Tech. The laziest principal within IPS. Larry Yarrell takes a two hour lunch break and goes to every conference to avoid doing his job. Check the board doc and look at reimbursements.
ReplyDeleteSarah Bogard not only is the laziest but the meanest and the dumbest. She knows nothing and cares nothing about school discipline, test scores, classroom instruction or teaching techniques. All she cares about are her damn flowers and bushes. The amount of money spent on that is insane. Tech needs new desks, filing cabinets and other needs before making the place look like a greenhouse gone wild.
ReplyDeleteI understand that Tech will be building a new greenhouse. Since Mrs. Bogard is now the district vocational director as well as the principal, she will be starting a horticulture program!!!
ReplyDeleteWe lose validity, as a group of truly educated, informed IPS employees, when we do nothing but bash administrators. I agree with all of the postings above about the ridiculous behavior of those that are supposed to be "in charge" of various IPS campuses. But, rather than name call, curse, and call out the quircky actions of IPS administrators, let's talk about the challenges that our kids face as a result of poor IPS policies and procedures. Let's talk about who is doing what is "right." Let's talk about what we can actually do to effect change.
ReplyDeleteTo the poster five posts up: Why don't YOU stop BASHING and GOSSIPING and start CONTRIBUTING to making IPS a better place for students, parents and teachers? I know why, nevermind.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the above poster! There are so many good things going on within IPS.....Let's talk about them!!
ReplyDeleteSarah Bogard usually arrives at school in the morning about 9a.m. carrying her 32 ounce soft drink.
ReplyDeleteIt would seem that no matter how hard professional educators try to participate in this blog in a dignified manner, there will be some who just cannot understand the error of their ways. Sure, we could stop visiting this blog, but if we do not say something intelligent in the midst of all of this, then what is the point? To the majority -- I am honored to be called an educator in a really tough environment and working along side some of the finest people I know....So there!
ReplyDeleteThe Sarah Bogard I knew was one of the hardest working people in IPS, if I stopped in the building on Saturday or Sunday she was there, working. And when she did school business, hiring, the buildings and grounds committee she followed the IPS guidelines, she never did anything dirty or underhanded. Tech is too big of a school for the principal to micro-manage classrooms....she has to rely on her subordinates to be here eyes and ears in the classrooms, and as you well know those aren't her decisions..
ReplyDeleteoh, I see....you are one of the few "intelligent" ones who post. I suppose you are one of the humble ones also.
ReplyDeleteSylvia, I read your post about Bogard.....you close friendship with her has blinded you. Being big does not exempt a principal from taking careof the educational program. She does have a vice principal for Buildings and Grounds.
Ok.
ReplyDeleteFirst Shortridge, now Tech. A tiny bit about Marshall and Arlington.
Next.... Broad Ripple? Northwest? Manual? Attucks?
Let's go, folks. We can't focus on only a few of the high schools!
I am going to stay focused on Shortridge until they fire him. Come on Butler cut your ties with him. He is ruining your name.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is full of teacher's who are losers and no different from the kids and adults that THEY talk about. This blog also has a few, professional, concerned teachers that are actually looking for information that may be true, that may assist them in their employment, or that may contain positive praise. I would fall into that category. It was nice in the beginning, but this blog does not set a good public example. If you are that unhappy: quit. Be miserable off another district's expense...but wait...they won't hire you because you probably don't do your job anyway (complainers and check drawers). All of the decent people who check in from time to time need to boycott this site and never return. My visits turned from weekly to monthly to bi-monthly and after the period on this sentence- I am not returning. Low life teachers! Again, I am talking to the negative, hateful, spiteful, unprofessional people on here.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you .....don't come back to the blog if it bothers you that much....I suspect that you are probably an administrator anyway...this is the only place that teachers and parents have to discuss some of the major problems in IPS...I know for a fact that there have been changes made because of some items discussed on here...once again, if you don't like it, stay away and quit thinking that for some reason that you are better than the rest of us. All you have done is whine about your co-workers!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe story about the drug dealer paying the kid to watch for snitches is a lie. Street drug dealers don't make as much as you think they do, and the ones that do make big money would never pay a kid to watch for cops on the street corner with a phone that has the dealer's phone number in it. Also, your contempt for the phrase "po-po" is more evidence that this story is made up based on your stereotypes of what IPS students are like. (I'm not saying students don't say it, I'm saying that it's common urban slang, and has nothing to do with valuing education. Just like I have rural friends, both dumb and smart, both educated and not, who use words like "ain't" "hisself" and "tarnation." The social worker is a liar too. I AM a teacher, and students turn to the streets because that is where they get the most respect. Most urban families are not respected within the education system, as this blog clearly demonstrates. And NOBODY respects people who look down on them. To expect these kids to look at bigoted, ignorant, sour-faced teachers as beacons of light to be blindly followed is stupid. And it is this stupidity (among teachers and administrators) that is destroying IPS. This blog is evidence of that stupidity. I will continue to come here and denounce the stupidity and the ignorance, and I hope the poster above does too. If you want to hold your bash sessions in private, than do so. If you want to do it on a blog, people like me (a real IPS teacher) are going to continue to call you out.
ReplyDeleteI agree...stay focused on Shortridge until they fire both of them! They should not be within 50 feet of children. They are both dangerous people with no morals!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone taken the Austim workshops that are being offered this summer? I teach secondary and was wondering if the workshops could relate to students that I see daily?
ReplyDelete"The story about the drug dealer paying the kid to watch for snitches is a lie. Street drug dealers don't make as much as you think they do, and the ones that do make big money would never pay a kid to watch for cops on the street corner with a phone that has the dealer's phone number in it."
ReplyDeleteYou are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. This was a direct quote, coming during the last hour of the last discussion of the last day of grade six summer school curriculum, National Geographic's "Asking Questions." We were reading narratives of Jane Addams and Jacob Riis, and their fight to eliminate child labor in the early 1900s. My students were aghast to learn that, at a Christmas celebration, Jane Addams offered poor children baskets of candy. Each child refused to accept even one sweet, since they worked in the candy factories that produced the treats.
This led to a discussion about what jobs 12- and 13-year olds could legally hold today. The first two chores mentioned were cutting grass and babysitting. That's when W..... made his statement. None of the other students even blinked an eye, simply nodding at W.....'s good fortune. Now, W..... is a polite, well mannered, unassuming young man with the best assortment of the most expensive shoes I've ever seen. The only time I saw panic was Tuesday morning, when we offloaded the buses in the drowning, drenching rain. He took great strides (literally!) to keep his footwear dry.
Besides, where have you been? Kids have been used as lookouts for criminal activity throughout time! We had students from Clearstream Gardens (AKA Zooneyville) at School 114 who regularly wore in socks stuffed with wads of cash 25 years ago. Drug and gang activity was so prevalent that police escorts were required for the mail to be delivered. The saddest was when the mother of three students set her apartment ablaze, then took her own life. The fire department was ordered to wait on Raymond Street for their escort before they could begin dousing the flames.
Those projects are long gone, but I still cringe at the thought of what the future held for these kids. Some things don't change.
Oh, yes, not only am I an IPS Educator, I am an IPS Tech Titan! And, yes, I am a bigot....against sour-faced, negative posters like you. I'm sorry for your students, if you bring this attitude into your class.
I pray that I don't teach with you. Seems that you have more stereotypes than anyone.
With all this praying about not teaching with this teacher or that teacher, it's a wonder that IPS has any teachers at all.
ReplyDeleteI'm not the poster who originally disputed your story, but I will admit that your second version sounds way more believable than your first. Most Indiana drug dealers don't make $200 per day themselves, let alone so much that they can pay a 6th grader that much. But the biggest thing that always makes me question the truthfulness of these kinds of stories is that if this story were true, all of the players, including the teacher, would be identifiable from the story. Other teachers would know who the poster was from the story. And why post anonymously on a blog and then tell a story that anyone at your school would be able to identify you with?
ReplyDelete"With all this praying about not teaching with this teacher or that teacher, it's a wonder that IPS has any teachers at all."
ReplyDeletePeople, this blog is EXTREME. Many of us teach in small quiet elementary schools where the kids walk to school and the community is very supportive. Teachers aren't "fooling around" with others and many have been teaching together for almost 20 years. Kids return to our school to share their accomplishments many years later.Things are peaceful and learning is the focus. I hate to see this other crap dominate a forum where the focus should be about improving things and not personal vendettas. Too bad the rest of you aren't as happy and satisfied as the rest of us. To those of you outside IPS..don't let this blog influence you into believing that ALL IPS is this way or feels this way. It's not! This isn't happening in all of OUR schools! Peace.
To the students I teach being a drug dealer doesn't sound like a bad job, often the dealer is an uncle or brother who shows up when money is scarce and brings a bag of groceries, diapers, or those hot new shoes that make you someone. When I was doing homebound the girl's brother would be asleep on the sofa, and drugs and money would fall out of his socks, he also bought everything the baby needed.
ReplyDeleteTo combat this perception I used to do a "T" chart, comparing my job to that of being a drug dealer, we'd call that a teachable moment. Con's on being a drug dealer, no vacation, no health insurance, you put your entire family at risk, you can't bank your money, you can't buy a house, you risk going to jail every day.
We are still waiting on the bobble head school School Board to do something with the Shortridge principal and his loose morals.......I wonder what it is like to be a school board member but never be allowed to make a decision and to be bullied if you ask a question.
ReplyDeleteDon't leave out the teacher at Shortridge. Her morals are just as loose. I agree, fire them both!
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that you cannot punish one and not the other. This was not a solo act. That is the whole controversy in this situation. The teacher was punished and the principal was not. DOUBLE STANDARD.
ReplyDeleteHow was the teacher punished? If you say that she was transferred to a better school, how is that being punished. The principal is being punished by having to stay put and dealing the the disgraces of having been with that teacher. How embarrassing!
ReplyDeleteHow do you define "better school". I question whether she was transferred to a better school. That is her preference not yours and not mine. She was yanked out of a school that she was dedicated to and worked hard for and accomplished a lot with her students. Transfer the principal to a different school. Although with his limited experience and anger problems that would probably just create a problem with another school.
ReplyDeleteSylvia, I read your post about Bogard.....you close friendship with her has blinded you. Being big does not exempt a principal from taking careof the educational program. She does have a vice principal for Buildings and Grounds.
ReplyDeleteSylvia didn't write that post, there are many people who know and respect Bogard.
Some of you people obviously have nothing else to do but BLOG. Why dont' you get a life and focus on teaching and reaching children!
ReplyDeleteI would think ANY school would be better than Shortridge, but ANY school that either the principal or the teacher would be transferred to would be downgraded due to them being there!
ReplyDeleteWhat a joke both of them are to the educational world!
Sarah Bogard cannot even stay awake in meetings.....it is embarrassing when outsiders are there and she is dozing away.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, I think Cosby was wrong to have gotten involved with a staff member, however, it was SHE who wrote embarassing things on Facebook about him for the world to see. She did it, not him, therefore she was the one who should be punished. It was not only vulgar, I hear, but stupid and childish!!
ReplyDelete"Some of you people obviously have nothing else to do but BLOG. Why dont' you get a life and focus on teaching and reaching children!"
ReplyDeleteThen why are you here?
No one is claiming that either party is innocent...but there was certainly a double standard with the way this was handled. Legally I believe the burden is with the person who is in a supervisory position but again neither are children and both know better.
ReplyDeleteDoes anybody know how the remodeling project at #60 is going? Think it'll be done by Aug. 9?
ReplyDeleteActually some people ARE claiming that the teacher is innocent and was seduced by Cosby. Lord knows how, but that's what they say.
ReplyDeleteBran-don.....Bran-don...he is the man....he can have any teacher he wants...and not have to worry.......I think the story will become public very school.........I don't think even Eugene White or Mary Busch would lie under oath...would they?
ReplyDeleteIt is public. The Indianapolis Star knows about the mess
ReplyDeleteSeduced by the Kool-Aid Man? hahahahahahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteOh yeeeeeeaaah!
ReplyDeleteThe School board knows too but they are afraid of Eugene White so they won't do anything until forced to do it. Maybe if they are in court testifying about what they knew, when they knew it and why they ignored the situation then maybe they will grow a backbone. Until then, they are nothing but bobbleheads.
ReplyDeleteSeduced by Cosby? This teacher is no innocent. She doesn't like black or fat people. She was social climbing and got dumped!
ReplyDeleteThe above post is cruel. You don't really know what she likes or dislikes. You are just assuming!
ReplyDeleteI find it very interesting that you all speak about the principal by name, but not the teacher!! Now that's a double standard!!
ReplyDeleteI have lost thrity pounds, and headed to Italy for a few weeks. Heaven, awaits this teacher, I might look for a small villa on the coast, the housing market is very depressed.
ReplyDeleteThe teachers name has been mentioned here several times if you take the time to read backposts and the previous thread that was closed off.
ReplyDeleteSleeping with Brandon Cosby is like sleeping with Kool-Aid Man. Damn Kimbrough!!! You are either sick or REAL horny.
ReplyDeleteI think Cher Kimbrough must be desperate!
ReplyDelete"the housing market is very depressed."
ReplyDeleteAs I will be, come 6 AM August 9.
Anybody else?
Hey....great article in today's Star about charter schools. Of course, we'll get their rejects about six weeks in, as usual.
Also, I'd love to start first day with all my kids. My heart goes out to those Kindergarten educators whose student population trickles in. There's a special place in Heaven for Pre and K teachers.
On what planet do these parents live who say (about two weeks after the beginning of the school year), "I didn't know school had started". How can people NOT know that school has started? Don't they even notice the big yellow buses rolling down the street?
ReplyDeleteSome women like 470 pound men!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think she would have gone after that short stack! She seemed to be very happily married to her husband. I believe she must have been delivered some sort of line from that "kool-aid man". I really don't think she deserves all the bashing that is going on.
ReplyDeleteThe supervisor always is the culpable person...he has the power and the implied threats for not going along...that is why it is such a double standard that he went unpunished.
ReplyDeleteI honestly cannot believe people continue to defend her. She is equally as wrong as he was. She was not happily married to her husband if she felt the need to cheat on him. From what was being said here, her marriage was over before she even started the affair with Cosby. She made it public knowledge with her displeasure that he opted not to stay with her, so she brought this on herself. There really is no basis for you to defend her and it only adds humor to this blog.
ReplyDeleteI went to the Autism workshop last summer. If you don't have a lot of background with the spectrum disorders, it will be helpful.
ReplyDeleteUnless she felt pressure from her boss to get involved? That is why it is wrong for supervisior/employee relationships. Most major companies have this as part of the Human Resources handbook. I dont know about IPS. It doesn't matter as the regime of Eugene White has made it clear numerous times that the school board is turning a blind eye to this.
ReplyDeleteDo we even have a Human Resources Handbook? I've been contracted for more than 30 years, and I have yet to have knowledge that one exists.
ReplyDeleteThe closest I've ever seen is that computer security form we had to sign last year.
No, I never received a Human Resource Handbook. I always received a HR book from other school districts. This book would distinctly spell out all the "do not's". My conclusion is that IPS does not like to put anything in writing because that makes it too official and perhaps legal. IPS prefers to do business by 'word of mouth', hearsay, etc, which is nothing more than allowing IPS to keep all their options open when dealing with HR situations. That does not work with such a large group of employees. Just as students need guidelines laid out in simple language, so do adult employees.
ReplyDeleteIPS has policies, lots of policies, go to the home page, then go to the board page, then go to the public site on board documents and there is a row of tabs across the top, try the one that says policies, and there is a drop down menu of various policies. IPS does a really poor job of letting people know about policies, when they changed the cell phone policy about a year and a half ago no one knew except one teacher, and he informed the principal, and had to print off the new policy for everyone.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boarddocs.com/in/indps/Board.nsf/Public
Does anyone else remember getting e mail messages about the sexual harassment policy being revised-I think in the spring? At the time I was guessing that something had happened to prompt a revision.
ReplyDeleteWho has time to have or start an affair on school time? Not me!, I barely have time to go to the restroom.
ReplyDeleteLife is not fair. I am a single man with no kids. I work extremely hard, consider myself a very attractive person, work-out three days a week, maintain my health, and people like him are -- without effort -- attracting Cover Girls. What is wrong with this picture?
ReplyDeleteWell the first thing wrong with the picture is that you think she is a Cover Girl. The second thing is that maybe you are just looking in the wrong places or your expectations are too high.
ReplyDeleteI agree that she is pretty damn hot. If we could stick a mute button inside of her she'd be perfect.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you need to gain weight and when you get close to 500 pounds, she will notice you.
ReplyDeleteI'm available!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!I am sure the teacher wrote some of the above posts. " Cover Girl"--ha!hA!ha! If you don't work at Shortridge, then you don't know WHAT she looks like, and if you do, then you know she is not a " Cover Girl!" Oh, Cher!
ReplyDeleteThe attraction had nothing to do with weight, it has to do with POWER!!
To the above poster: Let me guess, you fit the mold of tired, fat, worn-out, matronly, saggy old female teachers? Just a thought, sure I'm not far off.
ReplyDeleteYou are 99% correct.....Just take out female!
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought. Thanks for clarification.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10, I rate her a 5. I do work at Shortridge and will next year as well. We are glad to be rid of her. Sorry Cher, but even you will agree, that you can be way too much. I feel sorry for whoever gets her because she always brings drama with her! Just ask the good people of John Marshall who sent her packing before Shortridge.
ReplyDeleteWow Steve, that must make your wife a negative zero. That sucks for you, yet explains so much.
ReplyDeleteCher worked at John Marshall and was not a problem. She is for equality which is not being used in the current situation.
ReplyDeleteCher is very dedicated and a strong positive teacher whose students benefit greatly from being in her class. I must admit I don't understand how you got involved with a 450 pound egomaniac bully.....but it will be public one day and Eugene White will be the one looking like a fool.
ReplyDeleteThe threat " it will be public one day" has been used so often on this blog that is has lost credibility because it never does become public!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call a blog on the internet if not "going public"?
ReplyDeletePatience........the justice system moves slowly
ReplyDeleteI'm a recent sped transfer to NHS. It was culture shock coming fromCold Spring Elem- thanks Mitch snd Tony! But I have some sweet, awesome, loving students wanting to learn- despite the "corrective" measures being taken. But how long shall they be up-ended folks?? And they know all their teachers may not be back next year. So much for stability!
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