Reginald White
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Behavior Dean
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$78,606.00
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Assistant High School Principal
#716
ATHS
71600224-110050
$92,000.00
07-03-2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
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Wow!!!Nepotism at it's core.
ReplyDeleteLook at this record, no skills, talent, or leadership, but his dad runs IPS?
ReplyDeletecall Pike
ReplyDeletehttp://indianachamberblogs.com/government/township-bill-a-small-step-in-right-direction/
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it this bill would include schools in the anti-nepotism policy. Wonder if it would be retroactive.
Re: Look at this record, no skills, talent, or leadership, but his dad runs IPS?
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, it does not matter if Reggie White has superior skills and talent or not. It is still nepotism or in your face favoritism.
What would the IPS School Board members say privately if Gov. Daniels hired one of his adult children to be the Assistant Director of IN Transportation Department or any similar position with the State? I bet they'd all be clucking their tongues, shaking their heads, and rolling their eyes.
It amounts to the same thing -- it's dead wrong and it cannot be defended.
@his dad runs IPS?
ReplyDeleteShouldn't that be RUINS?
What can Pike tell us?
ReplyDeleteWhere is the IPS Board provision prohibiting a chief school administrator (aka Superintendent) from recommending to the school board any relative of a school board member or chief school administrator for a new position?
ReplyDeleteEugene White is recommending to the IPS School Board that his own son be promoted to a higher level position which includes a $14,000 salary increase!
I don't care if Reggie White is the most qualified educator in Indiana, it is still nepotism to recommend the hiring or the professional advancement of your own flesh and blood.
@What can Pike tell us?
ReplyDeleteThat is not the point. It does not matter what Pike can tell us about young Mr. White; that is not relevant.
The only thing that matters right now is that Eugene White is practicing nepotism openly and with the approval of the IPS School Board.
Please don't forget the rapid rise for Mr. Corey Greenwood, Mama Greenwood's offspring.
ReplyDelete@Please don't forget the rapid rise for Mr. Corey Greenwood, Mama Greenwood's offspring.
ReplyDeleteAgain, this is not the point. You're not listening.
Eugene White, the IPS Superintendent, is recommending the job promotion of his own son to the IPS School Board. This is the point! This is nepotism!
It does not matter if Reggie White is supervised by Willie Giles, Li-Yen Johnson, or whoever -- because Eugene White ultimately supervises them all. Do we really believe that Willie Giles or whoever supervises Reggie would ever give him a poor evaluation if he was not doing his job? Of course not.
There is an IPS policy that prohibits this, but it is ignored since Willie is his boss...never mind the fact Willie is so glad to have a job he'd show up and shovel Gene's walk if Gene asked. It is so sad to see what is going on.
ReplyDeleteCorey Greenwood is doing a decent job. He may be rising a little faster than he would if Jackie weren't his mother, but at least he's competent.
ReplyDeleteGee. Dr. Giles makes over $12,000 a month. Many of our parents make this much a year. We have such bloated administrative staff, many with 2 secretaries who make more than teachers. How is this putting children first?
ReplyDeleteI love my school. Love most of my students, and I'm glad to work with them. Too bad the administration doesn't see that.
Reggie White...they are still laughing in Pike that they unloaded him........this is what the state needs to stop.......Eugene White IS working hard to ruining IPS and is doing a good job.....
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing people talking about the potential for corruption if private companies take over some of the IPS schools, and my immediate thought is always, "No CEO in the country would allow the kind of corruption and incompetence currently running IPS."
ReplyDeleteIndiana State Government Employee Salaries (2010 Salaries)
ReplyDeleteGovernor $95,000 Mitch Daniels
Lieutenant Governor $79,192 Becky Skillman
Attorney General $82,734 Greg Zoeller
Secretary of State $68,772 Todd Rokita
Treasurer of State $68,772 Richard Mourdock
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IPS Principal Salaries
All IPS High School Principals earn higher salaries than the Governor of Indiana
Several IPS Assistant High School Principals earn higher salaries than the Governor of Indiana (Reggie White will earn $92K, only $3K less than the Governor)
Indiana Government Employee Salaries
ReplyDeleteName BENNETT, CHARLES ANTHONY
Department DEPT. OF EDUCATION
Job Title SUPERINTENDENT
Status
Hire Date
Annual Salary $82,735
Hourly Wage
Ed Reform Radar
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IPS Administrative expenses
Over the past few months we have sent public information requests to IPS, seeking the salaries of the district’s 10 highest paid administrators, cell phone records, and the school board’s compensation package. This is what we found:
Cell Phones: Perhaps the most obviously unnecessary drain on the IPS budget didn’t exist 10 years ago – taxpayer-funded cellular phones. According to billing records, IPS administrators racked up $24,812.29 in cell phone charges through two carriers in one month. Simple math suggests that the school system pays out about $225,000 over a school year, or roughly $300,000 if they use the phones year-round.
The district’s Sprint bill was $5,755.47 for a billing cycle that ran from Dec. 27, 2009 to Jan. 26, 2010. IPS’s AT&T bill, which ran from Dec. 16, 2009 to Jan. 15, 2010, was a whopping $19,056.82. Interestingly, both billing cycles included at least part of the school district’s three-week winter break, which ran from Dec. 17 through Jan. 4.
We believe school leaders managed just fine before cell phones came along. Considering the district’s tight budget, they could make do without them again.
Administrator pay: All of IPS’s top 10 highest paid administrators took home more than $150,000 in salary and benefits last year, and most received a decent raise over the year before, despite the district’s dire financial situation.
IPS Superintendent Eugene White is paid roughly twice as much as Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. He raked in $247,859.20 in salary and benefits for the 2009-10 school year, a three percent increase from 2008-09. White’s deputy, Willie Giles, earned nearly $190,000 in salary and benefits in 2009-10.
We remain baffled by how IPS administrators could accept a raise on their exorbitant salaries when district finances are in shambles and classroom teachers are struggling to supply students with pencils. We believe they should re-evaluate their priorities.
I am just absolutely astounded by the figures posted above. How do we, as employees of IPS, correct this?
ReplyDeleteI agree taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for cell phones for administrators, but am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with superintendent salary? I think if we ever want to improve IPS, we need to have more of the best administrators and teacher and fewer of the worst. We can't do that if we pay less than other districts. Now I'm not a fan of White at all. I dislike his undemocratic way of decision-making, his nepotism, and I don't think he gives credit to the teachers who succeed in IPS, even with every possible obstacle in their way. But I don't think administrator salaries are the problem. I think the problem is there are too many administrators, and IPS is not getting a good return on its money.
ReplyDeleteAnd the "Bobble Head Board" has no clue how to run and school system or business.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts are that we who make around $50,000 manage to pay for our own cell phones, cars and clothes shouldn't the man who makes almost a QUARTER OF A MILLION pay for his own? That would be a good place to start cutting the budget. It's ridiculous to continue to balance the budget on the backs of the teachering staff.
ReplyDeleteActually I mean teaching staff. Oops!
ReplyDeleteWhere did Dr. White's son get his degree in administration?
ReplyDeleteBaby Doc has returned to Haiti, probably to take back the country his daddy gave him...maybe Reggie expects the same.
ReplyDeleteName: REGINALD WHITE
License No: 1016290 Issue: 09/12/2008 Expire: 09/12/2010 Void No:
College: INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Degree: MASTER
Preparation: ADMINISTRATION Gradation: INIT PRACT Basis: RULES 2002
Action: ORIGINAL Status: Inactive Intern: AR
Subject Areas:
Area Setting Competency
Building Level Administrator ALL SCHOOLS
I know other people have asked, but I've never seen it explained. What is so bad about Wesleyan? I'm not a teacher, so maybe it's something understood among educators, but I've never heard anything bad about Wesleyan except here.
ReplyDeleteNope not a word, everyone enrolled gets an "A" in their course work, no questions asked.
ReplyDeleteWhere Reggie White went to college is not the issue. IWU is not the issue. The issue remains that Dr. White is openly recommending his OWN son, his own blood relative, to a high position within IPS. This is equivalent to White's thumbing his nose at obvious favoritism and nepotism.
ReplyDeleteReggie White is not protected from IPS Anti-Nepotism Policy because Reggie was NOT an IPS employee before his father, Eugene White, became the IPS Superintendent. Reggie was employed as an educator with Pike Township Schools. IPS hired him as a teacher/coach AFTER his father became the IPS Superintendent. It was wrong then, and it's even more wrong now!
Stay focused on the issue - nepotism.
Doesn't he like his daughter?
ReplyDelete@Doesn't he like his daughter?
ReplyDeleteThat's not the issue. The issue remains the recommendation of the IPS Superintendent advancing his own son within the district where he, the Superintendent, ultimately supervises EVERYONE. The buck ultimately stops on the Superintendent's desk for every evaluation of every IPS employee. That's a real issue.
Everyone going to IWU gets an A and no one has to do any work and the credits are awarded very quickly usually shortly after the tuition bill is paid. There is no integrity.
ReplyDeleteTo the person who asked about IWU, I don't have personal experience, but I'm pretty sure the negative reputation is just petty gossip. Like you, I've never heard anything bad about it outside of this forum. It's accredited. Credits transfer to and from IWU without a problem. All of the things that you look for in a legitimate school seem to be in place. My guess is that this is more about a mistrust of technology and nontraditional/online programs than any real problem with IWU.
ReplyDeleteTechnology is bad. Phones should have cords. Classes should be in brick and mortar classrooms with grumpy, condescending instructors who hate teaching. People should speak and dress and follow culture as if they were middle-class white people living in the 1950s.
ReplyDelete@Technology is bad. Phones should have cords. Classes should be in brick and mortar classrooms with grumpy, condescending instructors who hate teaching. People should speak and dress and follow culture as if they were middle-class white people living in the 1950s.
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Can't disagree and won't disagree.
But, nepotism/favoritism/cronyism were 'bad' in the 1950's, and they're still 'bad' in 2011.
I completely agree about the nepotism. But some of the other comments on a couple of these threads were just begging to be mocked ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm wif you, thithter!
ReplyDeleteMy school doesn't have pencils or paper, yet White gives his son a raise? It is wrong! Teacher's union should file suit. Or the state of Indiana should.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is not with the teachers union but with the do nothing, mindless school board.
ReplyDeleteTechnology for people who don't like to talk on the phone - a phoneless cord.
ReplyDeleteBefore we complain about the salary of Dr. White, be sure you've read the salaries of the Superintendent where you actually live. Read this website by the Indianapolis Star:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.indystar.com/data/education/superintendent_compensation.shtml
Comparison of Indiana Wesleyan University and Indiana University Admission Requirements to the Masters Level Program in Education
ReplyDelete(Different standards for admission.)
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Indiana Wesleyan University -- Students applying to the Masters Degree Program in Education must have a 2.75 GPA.
Indiana University -- Students seeking admission to a master’s degree program in the following categories must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
All School Counseling applicants
All Urban Principal applicants, except those who have a 3.5 or higher overall undergraduate GPA.
All Educational Leadership applicants, except those who have a 3.2 or higher overall undergraduate GPA.
All Elementary, Secondary, Language and Special Education applicants, except those who have a 3.0 or higher overall undergraduate GPA.
IWU does not require students entering a Masters Degree Program to take the GRE. The GPA required from IWU is also lower. That is why so many teachers go to IWU for graduate degrees. It is easier to be accepted into the program.
Indiana Wesleyan really caters to those who want the degree so they can get a step raise for having a masters degree. Unless your district has "tagged" you for promotion to administration their administrative degrees aren't going to get you a job. They tout the fact you can get these degrees easily in 20 months. No thesis required.
ReplyDeleteI am enrolled in an on-line program, and it is not easy, especially compared to what my friends did at IWU.
But IWU also offers distance learning and programs for working adults, and IU does not. If you're trying to further your education with a full-time job and a family, you can't possibly get a degree at IU, no matter what GRE score is or how well you did as an undergraduate.
ReplyDeleteMy aunt went to IWU (it was the only program of its kind at the time). My cousin is doing graduate work at IUPUI. I'm enrolled at WGU. Comparing coursework, we agreed that WGU is the most challenging, followed by IUPUI, and then IWU. But the differences aren't that major. The content is the same, it's just that some courses require more paper-writing or have tough course testing requirements, whereas others have fewer or shorter papers and don't have course finals or don't heavily weight them. And you can work ahead at IWU and WGU and complete your degree sooner. With IUPUI, you have to stay with the predetermined schedule, so it takes longer.
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ReplyDeleteFrom the Examiner.com/political-buzz
Only in Indianapolis Public Schools
January 18th, 2011 6:33 am
Here's one to really make your day. Indianapolis Public School Superintendent Idi Amin, no Papa Doc Duvalier, no Eugene White, has reportedly given his son who works for the district a promotion.
Reggie White was a "Behavior Dean" (whatever that was) at Arsenal Tech High School. He's been promoted to Assistant Principal. His salary also goes from more than $78,000 annually to $92,000. That's nearly $10,000 more than what Tony Bennett, the Superintendent of Public Instruction makes and $3,000 less than Governor Mitch Daniels' salary.
He also makes more than the Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer and Auditor. To be honest I really can't blame IPS for opposing school reform, charters and accountability. If I had this kind of scam going too, I would fight for it tooth and nail.
And what do you expect from a school district that gives its Superintendent a bonus based on suspect graduation rates, more than 16% of the students don't show up on the first day, and by my last count has nearly 350 employees who make at least $90,000 in salary and benefits.
So the next time IPS complains about no money and budget cuts, ignore them and pray the state speeds up its time line for a takeover. Now I need to go check my e-mail for some hate mail from Mary Louise Bewley.
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Just a little more than one year ago! (May 29, 2009)
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All In the Family
If you’re an IPS teacher who is being let go because of budget cuts, you’re going to love this. My Indianapolis Star counterpart Andy Gammill is reporting on his web blog that IPS is changing its nepotism policy to hire Superintendent Eugene White’s son.
Reginald White is being hired as a coach and behavior dean at Tech High School The younger White will report to Deputy Superintendent Willie Giles instead of to the elder White. And Giles will report directly to the school board.
Now I’m not suggesting Reginald White is not qualified to do the job. What I am saying is that it doesn’t look good when on the one hand the Superintendent tells parents that teachers are being fired because of a declining student population, and on the other hand, the Superintendent’s son is getting a job.
I find it hard to believe that out of the hundreds of teachers that work for the District, or the ones that were let go, IPS could not have chosen one of them for the job and avoided losing a teacher.
But then again, there are a lot of things about the IPS administration I find hard to believe.
Posted: 05|29|09 at 6:52 am by Abdul Hakim-Shabazz
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From an English teacher in Pike Township Schools to Assistant Principal of Arsenal Tech in a bit over one year! Wow -- when Eugene White really wants to make something happen, he can do it. Unfortunately Eugene does not use this uncanny ability to make IPS a site of urban educational renewal or reform. Charity DOES begin at home, Eugene's home.
Get off of Reggie White's back and quit hating folks! He has been nothing but gracious, thorough, and professional in helping me with questions I have. To his promotion: I say good for him. We need more strong, ethical people like him in this business if educating kids.
ReplyDeleteLooks like another is a load of trouble. Be sure to read the talkback comments:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/east-chicago/article58f3db36-4eb0-50e2-a0d6-f204ecaf7117.html?mode=story
People say they want change and then fight the ones courageous enough to bring about change. Jeff White is one of the most admirable people I've ever met. (I had a child who attended John Marshall when White was principal.) Hopefully East Chicago is smart enough to find a way to keep White.
ReplyDeleteWaves hello to Jeff White up above, lol!h
ReplyDeleteMy kids don't go to IPS. but I live on the east side in the IPS district, and I assure you, Jeff White was VERY popular among the students and parents in my neighborhood. I have no way of knowing whether the poster above is legitimate, but I personally know several parents who moved their kids to charter schools after White left.
ReplyDelete@Get off of Reggie White's back and quit hating folks!
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The topic of this thread has nothing to do with 'hating' Reggie White. As mentioned earlier by another poster, Reggie White might be the most stellar educator in the state of Indiana; however, that is NOT the issue. The issue remains that the Superintendent of IPS, Eugene White, practices nepotism and favoritism. Whenever a boss or head of an organization hires, promotes, or advances his own flesh and blood relative, then nepotism exists.
Let's reverse the situation. Let's say, as a hypothetical, that Tony Bennett, the IN Supt. of Public Instruction, has a son who holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership & Administration from Stanford University. Let's take it a step farther -- Dr. Bennett recommends that the IN DOE hire his son for an Asst. Director of Curriculum Development position with the IN DOE. Let's take it even a step up -- his son is supposedly the most excellent up and coming young man in Indiana's educational history who is hard working, helpful, and a proven excellent educational administrator. How do we feel if Dr. Bennett's son gets the job?
Do we say about the son, "Quit hatin' on him?", or do we say, "Nepotism; no way!"
Folks, we/you are wasting our time and energy and abilities to make positive change in IPS by discussing or posting anything about Jeff White. Whatever our feelings may have been about Jeff White, the fact remains that Jeff is no longer our issue. Let's not waste our precious time attempting to discuss or investigate East Chicago's school district or their issues with their administrators. Don't you think we have our plate full here in IPS with Dr. White and our do-nothing School Board?
ReplyDeleteKeep the focus, folks! The Ed Center people, Dr. White, and the School Board count on our being 'scattered' and lacking focus. Keep your eyes on the prize -- making positive changes in IPS, getting the IPS School Board's attention focused in the right direction, and making sure that Eugene White knows that we, the teachers, are not easily distracted from the real issues!
"Folks, we/you are wasting our time and energy and abilities to make positive change in IPS by discussing or posting anything about Jeff White. Whatever our feelings may have been about Jeff White, the fact remains that Jeff is no longer our issue. Let's not waste our precious time attempting to discuss or investigate East Chicago's school district or their issues with their administrators. Don't you think we have our plate full here in IPS with Dr. White and our do-nothing School Board?"
ReplyDeleteThis is an issue that concerns me-because my eye is on the prize-and the school board...and last I checked his wife was on that board.
And whatever happened to all of those comments about how unjustly Jeff White was treated and how he was the great hope for John Marshal removed to soon???
It certainly makes me wonder if some of the accusations about Shabazz and White being major voices in this blog aren't true.
Nah, Jeff White and Abdul Shabazz might read this blog, but they do not have a major voice in the blog. Abdul might occasionally use info he reads here as material to investigate for potential publication to a wider audience, but he's not a 'voice' on this blog. Jeff White is too busy self-promoting to worry himself with this blog.
ReplyDeleteEAST CHICAGO | East Chicago Central High School Principal Jeffery White has been placed on leave.
ReplyDeleteEast Chicago Superintendent Michael Harding would not say the principal was suspended. He declined to use the term "suspension." Harding maintained that White remains the principal at the high school.
"He is on leave at the present time. I can't comment on personnel matters. We have a district policy that talks about those issues," Harding said.
"In any event, Jeff White remains our principal at the high school and that's all I can say at the moment. All other issues are personnel-related, and we don't discuss those. I cannot say when he will return to work," Harding said shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday.
White, 41, who signed a two-year contract in August and earns $105,000 a year as principal, said, "It is nothing illegal, immoral, unprofessional or unethical."
He called it a difference of opinion and said "it goes into deeper issues within the school district that have existed for some time."
White said he has been asked not to discuss the issue.
White said he returned to school after the Christmas break Jan. 3 and worked one week. He said he received an e-mail telling him not to return on Monday.
"I anticipate this will be resolved shortly, and I expect to be back at school," he said. "My commitment to East Chicago is long-term. There has been a great working partnership with the local community and parents, and we expect to continue moving forward. I've been getting a lot of e-mail and text from my students and the community, but I have not responded as the superintendent has asked.
"I'm trying to stay positive. It's time to have courageous conversations about what's best for kids."
White took over East Chicago's school district last fall, following the suspension of Larry Allen, who had been high school principal for most of 2009-10.
Allen had replaced Pat Weil as principal in August 2009. Weil was at E.C. Central for only one year, leaving East Chicago for the school town of Highland for the 2009-10 school year.
White, who is originally from Western Kentucky, was principal at John Marshall Middle School and John Marshall Community High School in Indianapolis for many years before joining 21st Century Charter School as director of curriculum and school partnerships for a year, then coming to East Chicago in fall 2010.
Central High is one of six Lake County schools on probation and facing takeover by the state later this year if it does not improve test scores, attendance and graduation rates.
White said strides have been made, and administrators and staff are moving forward with reaching the benchmarks the state has set.
"Abdul might occasionally use info he reads here."
ReplyDeleteI used to listen to him for the movie reviews at the end of the show. However his constant belittling of IPS gets tiring and old. Sounds like a jilted lover instead of someone with a critical opinion.I would not be surprised if he probably tried to get a part time position teaching law at the IPS Law Magnet at one time and was refused due to DOE teaching license requirements. His sucking up to all Indiana Republicans,especially Mitch and the Mayor, is really sickening as well. His show wasn't always like that in the beginning. Fortunately most people I know don't even know who he is, even conservatives who listen to Am talk radio often. Good place for movie reviews though and useless movie trivia..forget anything else that's NOT a lie or fabrication for political and corporate gain.
What students have to say about Jeff White leaving EC:
ReplyDeleteMr. White being gone is the best thing to happen to us students this year, and I have yet to meet one person in the school who disagrees. During my years at Central, we've had 5 principals. Mr. Adell was irrelevant, Dr. Payne's name made me laugh, Mr. Weil came and went, Mr. Larry Allen was probably the greatest leader Central has ever seen, and then there's Mr. White... I never knew what it meant to hate a principal until I met that man. "looking in from the outside", you said it was "UNPROFESSIONAL" that he was notified by e-mail. You've obviously never encountered the unprofessionalism that Mr. White displayed while he was at the school. He was disrespectful to many groups of the school, to the teachers, and had many displays of immaturity as well as terrible grammar when speaking and writing. The only other person that rivals Mr. White in annoyance is Mr. Harding. I will never forgive him for taking Mr. Allen away from us and find it sad that a difference in opinion was handled in such a way instead of reasonably, like the adult he is, or rather, the adult he's supposed to be. I heard the good news about White Tuesday evening, and everyone who knew had smiles on their faces the next day. Even some of my most respected teachers were happy with the news. If Harding allows White to stay at Central, I will lose all hope in humanity. I personally think Mrs. Jagger should promptly replace him. Mrs. Jagger is another administrator at the school, and she's basically the female Mr. Allen with a southern accent. She is very accessible, easy to talk to, and in my opinion, a far more useful person than Mr. White. She's given me and other students an opportunity to earn college credit at IUN, while Mr. white spends thousands of dollars on uniforms that the football team really didn't need.
I'm totally throwing Jeffery White a going away party.
Everyone's invited.
Except for Jeffery White.
What staff is saying about Jeff White leaving EC:
ReplyDelete"Mr. White belittled and degraded professionals whom he was leading. When we had our first faculty meeting with him and were told, (I'm paraphrasing here) "If this school fails this year, it's your (the teacher's) fault." It set the tone of how professionals with Bachelor, Masters and PhD's were to be treated by the principal.Within weeks, the morale of the teachers dropped sharply. After that day, if an educator voiced a concern or opinion that differed from Mr. White, he threatened the teacher's job either verbally or in writing. When speaking directly with Mr. White, he refused to listen to others' ideas and opinions, and would respond to the educator by shutting them down, belittling them and using abusive words and demeanor. I wonder how that environment would have worked at Microsoft or Apple?After visiting a classroom and giving feedback to a teacher, Mr. White would not give constructive criticism to the educator. He used destructive criticism. The criticism would have no information on how to help the teacher to improve, but words saying how the teacher was "the worst he had ever seen", "your work could have been completed by a third grader." Then he would give non-specific strategies for the teacher to implement. Such as, use the Indiana State Standards. If the teachers at EC Central used the words and phrases Mr. White used when speaking to the teachers to motivate our students, the students would shut down, tune out and want to quit. I am an educator that knows not every teacher at EC Central is a great teacher, but I do know MANY teachers who work there who are dedicated, caring, compassionate, and have only the students' best interests at heart. I know many teachers who go stay before and after school giving up their own time, effort and energy to help the students succeed. I know many teachers at EC Central who believe that no matter what the circumstances the students' experience after school, that they can learn and achieve during the day. I know many teachers who expect the best from their students, and push and drive them to achieve their best. I know that this school year, teachers were insulted, belittled, and degraded, and threatened on a regular basis. That is the legacy of Mr. Jeffrey White at East Chicago Central High School.
More from EC teachers:
ReplyDeleteRegarding Mr. White, there may be a select few who are sad to see him gone. But most of us became aware of the news on Monday and came in Tuesday smiling and with a jaunt in our step. Same with students! Students call him Jeffery or Jeff, not Mr. White. They don't respect him. They don't like how he treats their teachers who are working their butts off for them, nor do they like how he treats them. They've actually told me he doesn't listen or care about what students, especially the seniors, would like to see happen in the school.
Back to the focus of IPS.
ReplyDeleteWe know it's always jolly to laugh, poke jibes, and belittle others we've worked with in IPS; however, posting all this stuff about Jeff White will not do 'doodly squat' toward our purpose in IPS. Maybe posting this stuff makes the Ed Center people happy; perhaps they're the ones posting it to draw our attention away from the matters at hand.
Would you all rather post notes from East Chicago about someone who's long gone from IPS and has absolutely no impact on us today, or would you all rather tackle the current issues of IPS? It's up to us. You realize that, don't you?
Don't get side-tracked by what happens or doesn't happen to a former IPS employee. That does not pertain to us today; it's history. If that's all we care about discussing, then IPS deserves all the bad stuff that Eugene White and the School Board tosses our way.
We're falling into Eugene's and the School Board's trap when we veer from our course. It's nepotism we're discussing, not some long gone principal.
10% Salary Increase for Athletic Director?
ReplyDeleteIf an Athletic Director is transferred from one IPS high school to another IPS high school, does that automatically mean a 10% increase in salary?
Otis Curry
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The article is news. The comments are just anonymous comments, that could be totally true, or totally fabricated. Jeff White has major fans and bitter enemies in Indianapolis. I'm not surprised if he's garnered the same reaction in Chicago.
ReplyDeleteAnd because someone obviously wants this to be a single-topic thread, I'll agree that nepotism is bad.
What parents are saying about Jeff White:
ReplyDeleteok lets look at some of white's statements. at one meeting he said "i'll lie for you but not too you" another meeting he said "like chicks on a bad date," at a sr class meeting he put his fingers in his ears when students were asking him questions or giving opions, went to a meeting put his feet on a chair saying the "sh*t is going to get deep in here," berating the staff over the intercom to a point were students say the staff shouldn't take it and call his a dumb getto person. these are only a few of white's highlites and all I know is only two students out of hundreds my son talked to feel bad he is gone. the 2 felt bad for his family for loss of income not him
What community members are saying about Jeff White:
ReplyDeleteI can only speak to what I have seen as a supporter and visitor of one of East Chicago Central's High School classrooms. You don't usually find a teacher with the kind of care, concern and compassion that is demonstrated by the character of the teacher I observed. He gives 99.5% of his time to his students and it shows as demonstrated by their actions. I hope this amazing teacher and others like him, will get the support they need to prepare students to face the challenge of the real world.
Like every school, Central has problems. Most can be solved by a competent and compassinate principal working respectifully with his staff. The teacher I observed and those like him, cannot function at their highest level under a leader that demonstrates the followings characteristics..... unjustifiable intolerance, not meeting the needs of his teaching staff, ruling by threats, making assumptions,lack of empathy, self interest, desire for power, causes fear. A leader that cause unhappiness,poor self-esteem,confusion,hostility, avoidance,insecurity, and depression among staff and students. Not sure what the problem is but some of the comments on this post,indicate there is a problem with leadership. It needs to be resolved for the best interest of the staff,parents,students and retired tax paying citizens.
Bad teachers think everyone who wants to improve things is a bully. That's the biggest problem with public education. If you cater to these teachers, you maintain the status quo. If you refuse to cater to them, they'll spend all of their energy on the Internet crying that you pick on teachers.
ReplyDelete56 comments all with the same tone from students, parents, teachers and community members says to me the comments aren't fabricated. http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/east-chicago/article_58f3db36-4eb0-50e2-a0d6-f204ecaf7117.html?mode=comments&page=1
ReplyDeleteJeff White was a victim of the Gene White/IPS schoolboard incompetence, not a symptom of it. I wish we had a few more Jeff Whites!
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with a single topic thread?
ReplyDeletePerhaps we'd be better served in IPS if all of us, teachers and administrators alike, could stick to a single topic rather than digressing into the nebulous fog of denial or escapism.
I do believe we've met the enemy, and it is us.
By the way, how is it relevant to us in IPS today whether or not 56 comments on a post from a newspaper article in East Chicago are fabricated or not fabricated?
You must be either Prudence Bridgwaters or Jane Kendrick, because no one else gives a rat's patoot.
Did you read them? The ones from students don't sound like real young people, and the ones supposedly from parents don't talk about how he treats parents, but only how he treats teachers??! Yeah, that's believable. They do seem completely fabricated to me. (And there are comments from people who also say many of the comments seem fabricated.)
ReplyDeleteFabricated like many of the topics/comments on this site?
ReplyDelete@Did you read them?
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, I read them all, each and every one. Reading those 56 comments has changed my life forever. No kidding, I'm a new person. I'll go to school tomorrow with a new purpose, a new vision, and a renewed sense of worth. It's as if I've been reborn, renewed, and reformed - the holy trinity of anonymous comments is now a reality in my life. I hope it was as good for you as it was for me.
The IPS Lesbian mafia is making an attack......
ReplyDeletePut your comments regarding Reggie's promotion here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.indystar.com/article/20110119/LOCAL18/101190319/IPS-Superintendent-White-asks-move-8-principals?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com
@Put your comments regarding Reggie's promotion here:
ReplyDeleteThank you. Good idea and good way to get the news out to a wider audience.
Reminder -- when posting on a site such as the Indy Star, please be civil - no name calling, keep it professional, refer to Reggie (not by name) but as Dr. White's son. Let's not attack Reggie, the person, let's attack the nepotism, not the person. If you attack a person, your post will be removed.
10% raise for AD, are you a teacher? How in the hell do you get 10%. You better go back and do the math on the raise. If you are a teacher, then the State can't be too tardy in taking over IPS.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding. $2500ish is not 10% of 90,000. and I don't even teach math!
ReplyDeleteWhite asks to move 8 IPS principals
ReplyDeleteWritten by
Scott Elliott
scott.elliott@indystar.com
Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent
Eugene White on Tuesday proposed
reassigning eight principals, saying his
hand was forced in some cases by
requirements of school improvement
grants.
Nineteen schools, about a third of the
district's total, would see at least some
administrators moved. The biggest
changes would come to Tech High School,
with seven new administrators, and
Northwest High School, with four.
The school improvement grants, which are
federally funded and administered by the
Indiana Department of Education, are
aimed at schools that score poorly on state
tests.
The grants require the principal and at
least half of the teaching staff of
underperforming schools to be new starting
next fall, White said.
"In order to qualify, we need to move
them," White said of the principals.
"We made the decision they could be just
as good or better at another school. We're
not pushing lemons. We're not moving
administrators we think can't do the job."
The board is expected to vote on the
proposal at its meeting next Tuesday.
White's explanation for the changes didn't
sit well with some board members at
Tuesday's School Board meeting. Andrea
Roof questioned whether all of the
principals should have been given new
assignments.
"We're taking principals from schools that
are failing and just moving them to another
school."
Board member Samantha Adair-White
echoed that sentiment.
"I'm very concerned that we're sending
principals who are not successful at some
schools to other schools, hoping and
praying they become successful."
White said all the principals were getting
new assignments because he is satisfied
with their job performances.
"Jeff White was a victim of the Gene White/IPS schoolboard incompetence, not a symptom of it. I wish we had a few more Jeff Whites!"
ReplyDeleteThanks for chiming in there, Jeff! Maybe next time you get a job in a school district (as if!) you'll last more than a semester!
@Thanks for chiming in there, Jeff!
ReplyDeleteIPS is a failing school district that appears headed to hell in a hand basket, and all some people can think of is 'living in the past' and bringing up past hatreds about people who don't even work in IPS anymore. Holding onto hatred and bearing grudges are two conditions possibly analogous to cancer. Go take some emotional chemo.
What happened to the "Superintendent Showcase?" There are plenty of good students/teachers/administrators who could be showcased!!
ReplyDeleteJeff White is a "Victim"? WTF?!?! Jeff White freaking quoted Eugene White in his Courageous about the students bs remark. AND - WTF again - he isn't supposed to talk to the media about the leave of absence? How the F(*& do they know? Because he freaking called them just like he called stupid long gone cause Jeff White did him wrong Andy Gammill. Jeff White likes to bring all this S$!+ to the surface just to start a wave of BS that no one can get out of (sorry to end my statement in a preposition - but y'all gotta understand - he's a bigger dumbass than you figure the higher ups in IPS to be). Learn how stupid he and his bi-polar running this BS blog spot wife of his really can be. Let's see if this posting stays up or gets removed for "blatant disrespectful and rude, politically incorrect" remarks...
ReplyDeleteAnother thing - who of you would willingly run this district with the dumb@$$ republicans trying to take over the district?! They are against us, the actual educators, and this is exactly the BS they want to stir within the district. Once they take over, there will be no union protection. Good luck getting a job in any of the townships. EW knows all of those Supers and the Charters pay 25 cents/dollar we earn... food for thought...
ReplyDeleteChannel 6 Evening News Report
ReplyDeleteTheIndyChannel.com
Some Question Raises For Administrators In Struggling District
IPS Proposes Raises For 10 Administrators
POSTED: 6:32 pm EST January 19, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS -- A plan to give raises to some Indianapolis Public Schools administrators is drawing concern from some school board members.
The raises are part of an overall plan to reassign principals and other administrators, a switch the district said Wednesday must be done to get grant money, 6News' Kara Kenney reported.
"The schools receiving new principals (other than Arsenal Technical High School) are identified as low performing by the state. In order to qualify for improvement grants, the principal and 51 percent of the teaching staff must change," said IPS spokeswoman Mary Louise Bewley. "We're making this change now, instead of later in the spring, so that the new principals will be able to interview the teachers who will populate the turnover school -- not the principal who is being replaced."
Bewley said the changes at Arsenal Tech reflect a desire to make changes to the current small schools structure at the facility.
Records show 10 administrators would get raises under the plan.
More: IPS Salary List [Link to IPS Board Docs]
For example, Principal Larry Yarrell will switch from Northwest High School to Arsenal Tech, and will get a $4,000 raise on his $105,000 salary.
Athletic Director Otis Curry will transfer from Northwest High School to Arsenal Tech and his salary will go from $90,638 to $92,591.
Lori Weber, an assistant principal, will switch schools and maintain the same title, with a $11,000 raise.
School board members raised concerns about the raises at a meeting Tuesday night.
"I worry about these increases. We're getting these in right before we have to worry about crunching the budget again," said board member Annie Roof. We're taking principals from schools that are failing and just moving them to another school."
Last year, the Education Action Group Foundation, a nonprofit taxpayer rights group questioned why, amid districtwide cuts, 177 IPS administrators earned more than $100,000 in salary and benefits during the 2009-2010 school year.
The district cut $26 million from its budget in 2010, including teaching positions.
IPS Superintendent Eugene White said the school system must offer competitive salaries.
"To be competitive, we need to place them as high (in the salary ranges) as we can. Otherwise, someone else will come and take them away," he said. "We lost three elementary school principals to charter schools."
White said the district will save money under the new plan because other positions will be eliminated.
6News and board members are waiting for a breakdown of those savings.
The board will vote on the administrative switches and salary changes at an action meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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Wonder what school districts would 'take away' any IPS administrators -- even if we paid to have them taken away. That's some real food for thought.
I really fail to see why in this time of cutting 241 MORE teachers, the administrators need to get raises. If there is no money to keep teachers why do the administrators make more money?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it IS time for the state to step in and manage our budget.
Kara Kenney has no real credibility. She takes all of her cues from stupid blogs, rather than actually atending the public meeting/events to report on them. Plus, she's married and screwing one of the station's producers.
ReplyDelete@Kara Kenney has no real credibility.
ReplyDeleteDon't know anything about Kara Kennedy; however, her story did quote Mary Louise Bewley and Annie Roof. Do ya think she made up those quotes?
As far as Kennedy's personal life, I don't believe that's any of our business, do you?
Re: "Another thing - who of you would willingly run this district with the dumb@$$ republicans trying to take over the district?! They are against us, the actual educators, and this is exactly the BS they want to stir within the district. Once they take over, there will be no union protection. Good luck getting a job in any of the townships. EW knows all of those Supers and the Charters pay 25 cents/dollar we earn... food for thought..."
ReplyDeleteUncontrolled outbursts like this lead many to believe that the Republicans do need to take over the district. If this disjointed and incoherent outburst reflects the thought processes of Democrats within IPS, then we are in more trouble than previously imagined.
Jeff White was a victim of Eugene White´s lesbian mafia. How can so many lesbians be employed in the Ed. Center....is ti a requirement that an employee of the ed center be a lesbian...I dont believe in discrimination but if you are required to be a lesbian then that is discrimination.
ReplyDeleteI live in the John Marshall district, but my kids don't attend IPS, and I never had any contact with Jeff White. But I know two different parents who pulled their kids out of John Marshall when Jeff White was fired. One sent their child to Stonegate, the other Irvington. (I don't have an opinion on charter schools, I'm just saying some parents liked Jeff White and felt strongly that John Marshall would go downhill without him.)
ReplyDeleteSome of these posts are hateful (lesbian mafia? Seriously?) and some are silly (bashing all republicans, like all teachers are liberals, lol), and several are completely incoherent (Another thing..., Jeff White is a "victim"?...)
ReplyDeleteSome of these posts are hateful (lesbian mafia? Seriously?)
ReplyDeleteUntil you have seen it you wouldn't believe it.
This is not a slam on lesbians or gays it is a slam on a group of people who put their allegiance to people in their group rather than what is in the best interest of the district and the children. Someone needs to come into IPS with some really hot water and soap and scrub these mafias out...all three of them.
Children need to be truly the FIRST priority of the district...not promoting and sheltering your peer group, making sure kids pass tests, making sure your school make AYP...if we really put kids first the last two would fall into place.
WHAT DO KIDS NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE? lets make sure they get that.
The Star had an article today about nepotism in government agencies. Isn't the public school a government agency?
ReplyDeleteNepotism in Township government is no different than nepotism in IPS!
ReplyDeletePerhaps that will be a follow-up report.
ReplyDeleteHey, Matt.....we need ya!
Matt has no pull - just opinions. Although I value most of his opinions, those in power will act and react the way they always do - not taking a moment to listen to the opinions of the media, or anyone else for that matter. As for the lesbian remarks, please stop. It makes you sound rediculous and uneducated. I was taught as a child, if you can't make a point without using profanity or highlighting the shortcomings of others, you are as ignorant as they happen to be. Stop creating lines of separation. We have enough of those already! The union is there to protect and UNITE us, not separate us from the Administrators. We are all supposed to be here for the children. I am an educator as well as an IPS parent. I'm really burned out, but I keep pressing forward. Each child in my classroom deserves the same dedication that my own child receives (and I know her teacher is doing a splendid job - thank you!). Let's work harder at eliminating all gaps, and lead by example - for the students, the fallen teachers, and the administrators!
ReplyDeleteBeing a lesbian is not the problem. It is when the Ed. Center lesbians and we all know who they are.....use their positions to hire their lesbian girlfriends or lesbian friends. It is almost to the point where the job posting should include the requirement that the person be a lesbian since that is who is getting the jobs anyway.
ReplyDeleteand being a lesbian... how does that truly get the point across? What did you actually say to change the mind of those of us who actually have an OPEN mind. I don't care if 15 women hire an additional 15 women regardless of their sexual preference. The POINT IS - look at the person, not their choice. Stop being so closed minded! I don't care if 15 giddy-up gay men hire another 15 giddy-up gay men - if they do the job, fine if not - point out their actual WRONG PROBLEMS - not the fact that they are GAY. Grow the ^&*(( up.
ReplyDelete@ "Matt has no pull..." If you are going to call people uneducated-learn to spell the words you use. It is ridiculous. Sincerely, Spelling Officer
ReplyDeleteas far as the nepotism comments - I concur. There are several people throughout the district (and within the Tech Campus) who would do a MUCH better job, but sit quietly doing their job - not drumming up the drama that indicates "ready for promotion". I don't think it is right for Reggie to have this promotion. HOWEVER, many people within IPS give themselves accolades falsely - with the "nod" from others and they get it. SO - you are only going to pick on Reggie - because of his last name? What about Deb Leser and Liz Odle? Those 2 are worthless pieces of %&*( that were promoted only because they built themselves up to the upper administrative staff while stepping on and $hI++Ing on the others in IPS that helped them get things accomplished. Nepotism? Maybe yes, but unfair practices district wide - DEFINITELY! This is an unbelievable crappy organization - good ole boys (whether you are a boy or girl) come out on top.
ReplyDelete@This is an unbelievable crappy organization.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is! I believe a lot of IPS teachers think our district is about the same as all other school districts nationwide. IPS stands alone for being one of the most toxic districts I've seen from the inside. Too many old timers approaching 70 years old remain in the Ed Center and on the Board (such as Prudence Bridgwaters, Mary Busch, and Jackie Greenwood). These old timers are just doing seat time until they can't stand up any more. They're also busy hiring as many of their friends, relatives, and cronies as they possibly can before they finally leave IPS.
@and being a lesbian.... Do you propose that we name the unqualified lesbians who have been hired simply because of their personal relationships with high ranking IPS lesbian officials...You are contradicting youself. Do you want everyone to be open minded or do you want us to name names and tell why they are not qualified. Believe me, I do not care about the sexual orientation of IPS administrators but when they are hired because of their sexual skills rather than their job skills then there is a problem.
ReplyDeleteI signed a petition today asking that the Indianapolis Star or the IPS school board do a thorough investigation of the Reggie White hiring and promotion. It is being circulated at several schools and among parent groups. I did not realize that this has antagonized so many people but I am glad that it has. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end of the flagrant abuses of the IPS nepotism policy.
ReplyDeleteYeah, right.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading board minutes for the last year. Reading news articles for the last year or two. Seeing Dr. Whites ignorance and distain for teachers and students while helping its own, seeing the board backdown and be bullied into proposals that have nothing to do with education. I have come to the conclusion that IPS (all of it not just one or two schools) needs to be taken over by the state or mayor. Then put under new management (new board members) and leadership. Another solution is to just carve the district up like a pie and give parts to the township systems.
ReplyDeleteIts time for something new. IPS district has failed. That is why this year my daughter was pulled from Howe and attends Holy Spirit (and hopefully Scecina afterwords if I can afford it).
If our city is to go forward bullies like Dr. White and the boblehead school board need to be replaced. Plain and simple (OK, not so simple.)
16 below zero windchill and the IPS is ontime. While almost every other district, charter, and private are on time. Shows the district does not really care about the wellfare of the kids. Last night my son's bus was 1 1/2 hour late dropping off. Now we will have to stand out on the stop (and the bus has been running late for the last week a half hour, if I don't go out on time then it wil be on time though).
ReplyDeleteWill IPS ever get a clue?
To above poster ----
ReplyDeleteThe people who run IPS from the Ed Center don't worry about cold weather or below zero temps. They have a nice high rise covered parking garage that was paid for with your money.
Have you read your school email from Li-Yen Johnson? She is getting paranoid and believes a conspiracy exists. She is referencing an earlier email from the IN DOE which we received in which a community meeting was announced regarding possible IPS school take-overs. Promoting a conspiracy theory is not the hallmark of a stable person.
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Ladies and gentlemen:
This is very serious… .We have to take an active stand on this and speak up for ourselves. DOE is trying to keep the African Americans hooked and quiet so they can go ahead and turn IPS into mayoral control and/or IPS schools taken over by charters and take over entities. We should not be silent on this one!
Please be outspoken to all the people you know about this conspiracy! Lies people will tell about us have to stop! We cannot be silent!
Let us stand united and have one voice. Join me in this meeting! Bring your community partners to this meeting and question the motive of this meeting for sure.
The legislations that are going forward regarding Charter schools, vouchers, and Mayoral control will set IPS back for 30 years.
Li-Yen
Li -Yen Johnson
IPS Associate Superintendent
120 E. Walnut St. (Room 702-F)
Indpls, IN. 46204
Office 226-3127 / Fax 226-3664
It should be about educating the children. The children are not getting educated. I believe most of the problems stem from IPS administration in every department within IPS. The Teachers don't suck, so why do their results. Clean out the board and the present administration. The Teachers either need to take control of their union or loose it all together.
ReplyDeleteIT'S THE STUDENTS STUPED!
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