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Covering K-12 education and children's issues in Monroe County, Ind. for @theheraldtimes. Send tips to [email protected]!

 Bloomington, IN
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Joined October 2013
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Hi. I got laid off from @theheraldtimes today, so not sure what's going to happen in terms of local K-12 coverage at the moment. Thanks for following along, I appreciate you all.
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If you want to blame anyone, blame @Gannett and its corporate greed. They don't value local news or care about their local communities, but the reporters at the H-T do. They're doing the absolute best they can to serve you, and I hope you'll continue to follow their amazing work.
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Here's what the first day of school looked like for one freshman and one first grader at R-BB schools. How was your first day back? heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

What does the first day of school look like for an Edgewood freshman and first grader?

Wednesday was the first day of school in the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corp.

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As of late July, one program had about 80 more students to place, about 30 more than it typically has around that time of year. The deadline to place students with families is Aug. 31. heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

'Forever family': Exchange student programs are struggling to find host families

As of late July, 80 students still needed a host family to be placed in Indiana and Illinois. The deadline to place students is Aug. 31.

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Rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall due to lack of staff. Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms. The teacher shortage in America has hit crisis levels. washingtonpost.com/education…

‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage

The teacher shortage has hit crisis levels — and school officials everywhere are scrambling to ensure that as students return to classrooms someone is there to educate them.

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This is the MCCSC’s first year operating under a four-tier bus system, which is supposed to alleviate the district’s bus driver shortage and ensure students arrive on time. heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

Buses arrive late to Fairview Elementary's first day as MCCSC starts new bus tier system

Several buses of Fairview Elementary School students arrived up to 30 minutes late to school Wednesday, the first day of the new MCCSC bus system.

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As of Monday, MCCSC had 15 unfilled teaching spots and 70 other open positions. heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

MCCSC is starting the 2022-23 school year understaffed. Why?

MCCSC had about 15 teaching positions and 70 other open positions as of July 25. About 40 were for special education paraprofessionals.

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Seven Oaks is planning to allow its school safety officer to concealed carry this school year. More here: heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

Seven Oaks plans to arm a trained staff member for the upcoming school year

Jeffery Baker, the school's operations manager, has previously served as a school safety officer and did custodial duties.

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By the way, this is a subscriber-only story. Sorry, something out of my control.
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13,000 children are already in the foster care system in Indiana. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade and restrictive abortion legislation up for Indiana's special session, some fear more children may end up in the system. For @theheraldtimes: heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

'The angels among us': How abortion restrictions may put stress on the foster care system

Approximately 13,000 children are in the foster care system in Indiana.

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Been seeing a little confusion about what school board members can actually do/how they get paid/etc., so I talked to some experts from @isbanews to try and clear it up. heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

What do school boards actually do? How do meetings work? Here's what to know.

Want to join your school board? Five seats are up for election between the MCCSC and R-BB districts this November.

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Important story. It is confusing that state law requires the district to advertise this as a 35% rate increase when in fact the increase is less than 15% in the district rate and less than 5% in the overall local tax rate.
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Here’s what to know about the @MCCSC_EDU referendum before heading to the polls in November. heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

The MCCSC is officially seeking a 2022 referendum. Here's what you need to know about it.

The MCCSC school board voted Tuesday to place the referendum on the November election ballot.

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Here’s what to know about the @MCCSC_EDU referendum before heading to the polls in November. heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

The MCCSC is officially seeking a 2022 referendum. Here's what you need to know about it.

The MCCSC school board voted Tuesday to place the referendum on the November election ballot.

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Over 100 people (probably more, I’m bad at counting) just finished marching through downtown Bloomington as part of the national March for Our Lives rally. heraldtimesonline.com/story/…

'We need to fight': Bloomington students lead March for Our Lives rally for gun control

The last national March for Our Lives rally was in 2018 after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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When Bloomington mom Jennifer Crossley sends her three kids off to school, she makes a mental note of what they’re wearing - in case she gets a call later that day and needs to identify their bodies.
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I hope you’ll take a minute to read the stories of these students and parents. It was inspiring to see them so passionate about making a change despite *gestures vaguely* everything.
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Here's what MCCSC students had to say to the school board about racism they've experienced in school. Read more: bit.ly/3NzZ6qq
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