Parents in the Forest Hills School District are making their feelings known about the possibility of a consolidation. It’s an issue that continues to resurface year after year. When and if the Anderson High Raptors and its rival the Turpin High School Spartans will become one. Parents and community residents against the merger said the plan will be costly, create a traffic mess and destroy the district. At Wednesday night’s meeting, school board members also went back and forth about the proposed changes. “We didn't gather this group…I'm talking. Um, we didn't gather this group or form a committee this was an idea that was brought to us. These were their ideas and we simply listened,” Forest Hills School board member, Sara Jonas said. Another board member Dr. Leslie Rasmussen responded to Jonas at the meeting, disagreeing with her point. "Sara do you realized you just said that these community leaders, these business leaders they wanted to talk to y'all and you so we listened? That's what I was asking for ... for the people who live here and pay taxes and send their kids to this school,” Dr. Rasmussen said. Parents clapped in agreement. The meeting ultimately went to executive session and board members said no action would happen after Wednesday’s meeting. Other topics discussed such as bullying, bathroom policies and the “Cultural of Kindness”, which was the district’s resolution to banning critical race theory, led to more outbursts and arguments from attendees.
Parents in the Forest Hills School District are making their feelings known about the possibility of a consolidation.
It’s an issue that continues to resurface year after year. When and if the Anderson High Raptors and its rival the Turpin High School Spartans will become one.
Parents and community residents against the merger said the plan will be costly, create a traffic mess and destroy the district.
At Wednesday night’s meeting, school board members also went back and forth about the proposed changes.
“We didn't gather this group…I'm talking. Um, we didn't gather this group or form a committee this was an idea that was brought to us. These were their ideas and we simply listened,” Forest Hills School board member, Sara Jonas said.
Another board member Dr. Leslie Rasmussen responded to Jonas at the meeting, disagreeing with her point.
"Sara do you realized you just said that these community leaders, these business leaders they wanted to talk to y'all and you so we listened? That's what I was asking for ... for the people who live here and pay taxes and send their kids to this school,” Dr. Rasmussen said.
Parents clapped in agreement.
The meeting ultimately went to executive session and board members said no action would happen after Wednesday’s meeting.
Other topics discussed such as bullying, bathroom policies and the “Cultural of Kindness”, which was the district’s resolution to banning critical race theory, led to more outbursts and arguments from attendees.
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