The Indiana School Board met last night, and addressed the Summit Learning platform and it’s use in the district.
The platform has become a hot topic as of late, as several parents have spoken up during recent meetings, saying the Summit platform was not good for their 6th grade children. Several motions related to changing Summit’s use or eliminating the program altogether were on the agenda last night. A motion to remove the program altogether died due to a lack of a second, and a motion to reduce Summit’s use to one part of the core curriculum failed to pass. A motion to ask the administration to provide the board with two core subjects to continue as Summit programs in the second half of the school year did pass. Superintendent Dale Kirsch called it a compromise to try and benefit everyone, and to limit the number of students affected.
In other business, a discussion was held on whether the district should continue to be a part of the Parks and Recreation Board.
The original motion that was proposed on the agenda called for the administration to notify the Parks and Recreation commission that they would withdraw from participation effective July 1st of 2018. Tom Harley, who proposed the motion, modified it at the meeting to refer the request to the Academic and Extra-Curricular activities committee to further discuss the district leaving Parks and Rec. Harley said that he was focused on education, and that the programs the rec department provides can be provided elsewhere.
Doug Steve was against the idea of the district leaving the commission, as it provides programs for students that are more affordable than going to other sources.
The motion was altered to send the issue to both the Academic and Extra-Curricular Activities committee and the finance committee for further discussion.
