While you were picking up your kids from school, Joe Hogsett, backed by Statehouse Republicans, and billionaire lobby groups decided that a democratically-elected school board isn’t profitable enough.
The unrepentant abuser who runs our city as a playground for predators and capitalists made sure to find a time he knew he could sneak through a measure to consolidate education power in his own person, and away from any semblance of genuine governance by the people.
As whatever parents and students were able to get there in time yelled, begging the mayor and his handpicked board to preserve what democratic accountability remains in our rapidly recovering local public school system, they smiled and shook hands, knowing they all had fat checks ready to cash in exchange for their betrayal of Indianapolis and democratic values.
This is hardly over.
Join Central IN DSA and community partners TOMORROW, Dec 4, 5pm at Purpose of Life Church 3705 W Kessler Blvd (38th and 65N).
We will be speaking out and putting forth our DEMOCRATIC plan for the future of IPS that puts ordinary people, not billionaire donors, in control of their schools. We will be notifying press and trying to gather as much support in-person as possible. Wear red, bring signs. We want to emphasize that this body is utterly ILLEGITIMATE and holds NO popular mandate of any kind.
No more games. No more fake shadow school boards. We know who is responsible for this.
We won’t forget, and we’re way beyond forgiveness.