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Even parents whose students witnessed the acts were not informed ahead of the media breaking the story.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was a parent at that school during the time this took place<\/strong>. I had noticed many teachers and other staff leaving the school, the quality of education declining, and one of my children had experienced bullying. So, I removed them from the school before the story broke. I didn\u2019t know what was happening, but I knew things were unraveling.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, parents are concerned about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/article\/news\/local\/scared-school-broad-ripple-middle-school-parents-voice-concerns-ips-students-teachers-parents-principal-broken-violence-fights-behavior-class-danger\/531-3de78ca3-8015-45e2-9729-f61b462345b7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IPS middle school that is understaffed and has infrastructure problems.<\/a> This is the school my son attends. I heard that for a while the PA system was broken and there was no way in any emergency situation to ensure all students and staff would be notified. I\u2019m still unclear if this is fixed. My son tells me that he\u2019s witnessed two fights already this school year and has heard of several others. As a mom, I\u2019ve heard other whisperings about inappropriate behaviors in the bathrooms and locker rooms.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what really scared me even more than anything else recently was the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfyi.org\/news\/articles\/indianapolis-school-threats-arrested-state-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> threat we received on September 13<\/a> . It\u2019s every parent\u2019s worst nightmare. I did not know it was my son\u2019s school that was threatened at the time, but I knew I didn\u2019t know enough to feel comfortable sending my children to school. I decided to keep them home because the risk was simply not worth it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the communication I received from the district about the possible situation, which I am thankful was not a valid threat in the end, was confusing.&nbsp; I didn\u2019t realize until after I had already kept my children home that his school was one that was threatened because the first automated message I received stated it was a different school. I understand there were multiple threats at the same time involving different schools. Because there were multiple threats, it was the next day that parents received a message stating they were investigating the social media post students had circulated that was a threat against Broad Ripple.&nbsp;I still don\u2019t understand why students who went to school were not immediately sent home.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color-color has-coral-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.stand.org\/a\/saferips1\/?sourceid=1134267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ADD YOUR NAME TO THIS PETITION<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the widespread concerns this year from Broad Ripple Middle School and George Washington Carver 87 parents, there has also been media coverage about Thomas Carr Howe Middle School,<a> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wishtv.com\/news\/i-team-8\/mom-wants-assured-safety-for-daughter-beaten-up-at-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including a very hard-to-watch video of one of fight.<\/a> In that video, it\u2019s mentioned that no one stopped the fight. Not teachers. Not the school police officer. No one.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could go on and on about how I am worried and the things I have heard and seen, but I just want to say this: <strong>the bottom line is that our kids aren\u2019t safe in some of our IPS schools \u2013 especially the new large middle schools that were initiated through Rebuilding Stronger. <\/strong>They are scared about bullying, experiencing or witnessing violence and are subject to try to learn in buildings that aren\u2019t updated to keep them safe.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I can\u2019t sit back and do nothing. I hope you won\u2019t either.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I helped to create this petition because I want action taken to protect our babies. We shouldn\u2019t have to fear sending our kids to school. We already have tragedies like the one we saw play out recently in Georgia (among too many other senseless school shootings over the years) to fear. <strong>We don\u2019t need additional concerns that should be handled to make us want to cry when we hug our children before waving goodbye and watching them walk into school with nothing but their backpacks and our prayers.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/act.stand.org\/a\/saferips1\/?sourceid=1134267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Please sign this petition and join parents who are scared, worried and want more to be done to protect our students.<\/a> Help us ask district leaders to make positive changes that protect our children. <em>Help us ask for not only answers, but solutions.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a 7-year-old boy was abused by his teacher at an IPS school this year, the administration did not inform parents until after a lawsuit created news about the tragedy. 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