{"id":791,"date":"2023-01-19T16:53:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/indiana\/?p=791"},"modified":"2023-01-19T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:54:08","slug":"join-me-in-fighting-for-a-better-funding-plan-for-our-ips-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/indiana\/our-stories\/join-me-in-fighting-for-a-better-funding-plan-for-our-ips-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Join me in fighting for a better funding plan for our IPS schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The IPS board is moving fast on a plan to fund the district\u2019s strategic plan, which impacts all of our children and our neighborhoods. The big concern: some schools and children are being unfairly treated in the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The referendum, which would use my tax dollars and yours, would short-change some schools in the IPS network by nearly $1,000 per child. That\u2019s millions of dollars that some schools won\u2019t get. How is this fair? And how can we expect those schools to pay their teachers and prevent them from leaving for jobs in schools that have more money?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/delayIPSvote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Please email the IPS board and ask them to delay any vote on the referendum until the funding is shared equitably.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No plan in our education system should determine winners and losers among our students. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IPS board is moving fast on a plan to fund the district\u2019s strategic plan, which impacts all of our children and our neighborhoods. The big concern: some schools and children are being unfairly treated in the plan. 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