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2021-03-14 Edition HAMILTON COUNTY Hamilton County’s Hometown Newspaper www.ReadTheReporter.com REPORTER Facebook.com/HamiltonCountyReporter TodAy’S Weather Sunday, March 14, 2021 Today: Mostly cloudy with spotty showers. Arcadia | Atlanta | Cicero | Sheridan Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Spotty showers. Carmel | Fishers | Noblesville | Westfield NEWS GATHERING Like & PARTNER Follow us! HIGH: 51 LOW: 33 To jerk a knot "Well, someone COLUMNIST needs to have a knot Getting back to class . jerked in their tail." Oh, my goodness, Westfield Washington whenever I heard HSE survey coming, plus my mother say that, Supt. Chris Baldwin I knew someone was not in her good virtual learning options details plan to increase graces. It is a southern JANET HART LEONARD in-person learning expression that my From the Heart for next school year The REPORTER mom and my aunts Editor’s note: Westfield Washington would say when they felt great dismay By LARRY LANNAN A return to classrooms could come as Schools Interim Superintendent Chris for someone or disdain in their actions ... LarryInFishers.com soon as April 12, according the Bourff. Baldwin sent the following message to usually it was both. Board member Suzanne Thomas ques- My mother was not a woman prone to HSE Schools administrators reviewed tioned why surveys had not been done ear- WWS families this past week. Rocks community, confrontation, so I knew if it was neces- plans for the remainder of this school year lier, but other board members responded sary for her to do so ... it was necessary. and virtual learning options in the next there are good reasons to conduct the sur- As COVID-19 case numbers continue She never did it out of meanness. She school year Wednesday night, vey now. Bourff said school offi- did not have a mean bone in her body. while the board debated the speed cials are reviewing the new Cen- to trend in the right di- rection in our schools Mom taught me that you need to be of returning the students to in-per- ters for Disease Control (CDC) held accountable for your words and ac- son classes. One board member guidance as plans are made for and in the community, WWS administrators, tions. She expected others to follow the questioned the speed of district the future. same teachings. surveys to instruct next steps. Assistant Superintendent Matt in collaboration with the Hamilton County If you crossed the line into her family Superintendent Allen Bourff Kegley briefed board members and did them wrong, she would make it told the board a survey is com- on plans to offer an all-virtual op- Health Department, have begun planning known that it was an unacceptable thing ing for parents of seventh- and tion for families in the 2021-2022 Baldwin to do. Thus, jerk a knot. eighth-grade students, and a school year. There is not enough for increased in-per- son learning for students in grades 7-12. Mom never would swear or tell any- survey is in the works for high Bourff time to establish virtual schools one where they should go, but you might school parents and possibly high themselves, so any virtual option With full support from the health depart- ment, we have selected Monday, April 26, have been given directions. school students. Some families have built will be a program, not a full school. Mom was kind and she was nice, but themselves around the hybrid system of State lawmakers are looking to fund to update the 7-12 hybrid plan to four days a week (Monday through Thursday) with if pushed or prodded her into a corner, class attendance being used now, but others virtual school at 100 percent; current law she wasn't afraid to inform you of your want an in-person school experience. The funds virtual schools at 85 percent. Friday remaining a district-wide virtual learning day. wrongdoings. Her pointer finger was goal of the surveys would be to measure the armed and dangerous. community's views. See HSE Survey . Page 2 We believe this is the safest return date for staff and students and is the best way We live in a world where being held to minimize the impact of potential spread accountable for one's actions or words after Spring Break while providing flexibil- seems to be well, let's just say … missing Carmel Clay, Noblesville ity to make adjustments in the event of any in action. COVID-related issues. This week, as I heard "someone" give NOTE: K-6 will remain in-person denials and excuses for what they "sup- schools eye plans to put all Monday through Thursday, with Friday as posedly" did to numerous people, I felt a virtual learning day. my eyes begin to roll. They kept rolling Our success in safely increasing in-per- and I thought I was going to sprain them. students back in classrooms son learning is completely contingent on I could just hear my mother saying some- By LOGAN GAY friends they had before all this begun,” our ability to continue to keep cases low, thing about a jerk and a knot. WISH-TV | wishtv.com McKinney said. “It’s a good trial run for next monitoring conditions after Spring Break, My mother also taught me that your year and help us work out all of the kinks.” and the continued guidance from the Ham- sins will find you out. The greatest detec- Getting teachers vaccinated is a big McKinney said she understands the hesi- ilton County Health Department. It is more tive work is not done by the FBI but by a step to getting all students back in school tation from some members of the communi- important than ever that we stay home when mother on a mission to find the truth. full-time. ty but think getting back into classrooms is sick, properly mask, and report symptoms One of the most important things a Some Central Indiana schools have al- the right thing to do at this point. in the lead up to this transition. parent can teach a child is to take respon- ready announced plans to bring kids in mid- “That is a very hard decision to send As the health and safety of students and sibility. Another thing, running a close dle schools and high school back to class- your child back into a COVID-era school,” staff is always a top priority, masking will second, is to say "I'm sorry" and mean it. rooms after spring break. she said. “But we’ve got to do something be- continue to be required and buildings will Being sorry for something just because Now, Carmel Clay Schools is working cause the kids are just falling more and more continue to practice vigilant hygiene pro- you got found out does not count. on a plan to do the same. Families at Car- behind academically because they are not in cedures to help reduce the spread of germs. Excuses for meanness are just that – mel Clay Schools shared mixed reactions school the full time.” Fridays will continue to be district-wide excuses. My mother always called things after finding out the school administration is The administration at Carmel Clay virtual learning days to facilitate coordi- as she saw them. I learned well from her. working on a plan to get grades 6-12 back Schools said parents will be notified when nation with quarantined students, afford I try to be nice and kind and tolerant, into the classroom full-time. the transition plan is finalized. teachers time for professional develop- but if you step on the toes or the heart of Myla McKinney has three kids in Car- But Carmel Clay Schools is not the only ment and allow teachers to have proper one of my kids or grandkids, you might mel Clay Schools. She said the hybrid edu- district considering this. Noblesville Schools planning time. just hear a sermon on the 11th Com- cation model has been challenging for them. sent a message to parents and staff telling If you do not wish for your student(s) mandment: “Thou shalt not mess with McKinney said the sooner the students are them it is looking at next steps with the goal to be in-person four days a week, you still my chicks.” If so, you might just hear the back in class full-time, the better. of getting back to normal schedules – when have the option to switch to the 100 per- angry cackle of a woman who is madder “It’s a good way to start the summer it is safe. cent virtual platform. The middle and high than an old wet hen. where they can feel like they are not alone Trust me, I do know how to jerk a anymore and reestablish relationships with See Carmel & Noblesville . Page 2 See Westfield . Page 2 knot in someone's tail, and I remember well how to pitch a hissy fit. Live theater returns to Westfield Kindergarten By STU CLAMPITT ReadTheReporter.com registration Showing Thursday through Sunday for two weeks only, changing for Main Street Productions (MSP) is bringing live theater back to Westfield Playhouse.Squabbles HSE Schools will stage Thursday through I have many COLUMNIST Sunday from March 18 to 28 at fond memories of the new Westfield Playhouse, taking my young 220 N. Union St. twin daughters to The Reporter spoke with the kindergarten Director Doug Davis about the roundup in the story, the ways MSP is keeping late 1990s. They both the actors and audience were able to ride safe, and the school bus, walk around their LARRY LANNAN the op- LarryInFishers.com portunity school building to be the (Harrison Park- first live, way for our family) and familiarize in-person my daughters with the experience of production Photo provided going to school for the first time.
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