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School board candidate Jon Shapiro meets early voters at the polls to reach more voters and clarify aspects of his campaign at the Carmel Clay Public Library on Oct. 30. Shapiro decided to run for school board in the winter of 2023 and started knocking on doors during spring of 2024. “I'm committed to making sure that we're bringing the community's voice to the table and allowing our families and other members of the community to have some input and be able to provide feedback on how we are doing,” Shapiro said.

Partisan influences in school board election shape prospective policies for students, affect potential school board dynamic

Shawn Feng November 5, 2024

In the past few years, school districts across the United States, which have typically been nonpartisan entities, have become increasingly politicized. In 2023, Pew Research quantified a striking partisan...

Senior Cole Dangler prepares to give his speech at the Carmel Clay Schools school board meeting on Aug. 26. Dangler was one of three students to provide a public comment.

Students voice their opposition to book censorship at a school board meeting and reflect on the outcome

Aida Karim September 23, 2024

On Aug. 26, multiple students from this school attended a school board meeting with the purpose of addressing their concerns about recent conversation regarding book censorship in this district. School...

School board member Greg Brown expresses his disappointment with the board for allowing inappropriate books to circulate in the media centers across the district. Senior Ryune Kono said books should only be removed if the purpose or overall content of the book is harmful to students.

New policies in book censorship ignites heated discussions within CCS school board

Royce Brown November 30, 2023

On Nov. 13, Assistant Superintendent Amy Dudley gave details to the CCS school board about a new policy involving censorship in media centers across the district. This policy, labeled Policy 5522, is to...

Local elections can have direct impact; students, teacher promote research, due diligence to select candidates

Local elections can have direct impact; students, teacher promote research, due diligence to select candidates

Jenny Li and Helena Wang November 7, 2022

The midterm elections on Nov. 8 will also include the Carmel Clay School Board elections. Current President Katie Browning and Vice President Louise Jackson will continue to serve; however, all three district...

Q&A with new school board secretary, president

Q&A with new school board secretary, president

Christian Ledbetter February 16, 2021

  Pam Knowles What does your secretary role entail? “I am responsible to read the minutes for each meeting and make sure that they’re accurate and I’m pretty good at proofreading so...

Q&A with newly elected CCS school board members

Q&A with newly elected CCS school board members

Ally Horwitz December 12, 2020

Louse Jackson, newly elected CCS school board member Why did you decide to run for the CCS School Board? I have two children in Carmel schools. I have already been volunteering in my childrens’...

Mental Health Coordinator Stephanie Whiteside presents a plan for increased diversity and equity at Carmel Clay Schools.

School board to meet Nov. 23, discuss redistricting

Wendy Zhu November 18, 2020

The school board will hold its next regular board meeting on Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Educational Services Center. According to school board president Mike Kerschner, the main topic of discussion at the...

School board president Mike Kerschner speaks at the Sept. 29 school board meeting. At the meeting, board members discussed redistricting, student growth and the construction of a roundabout near CHS.

School board to continue planning for redistricting, hold next board meeting Oct. 26

Wendy Zhu October 22, 2020

The school board will hold its next regular board meeting on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. The board was also originally scheduled to hold a board workshop session next Monday, but school board president Mike Kerschner...

Later school start times next year will allow  students to sleep longer, improve overall well-being

Later school start times next year will allow students to sleep longer, improve overall well-being

HiLite Staff May 21, 2020

On May 18, the Carmel Clay Schools (CCS) school board passed the resolution to move CHS and all CCS middle school start times from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.. The school day will end at 3:45 p.m. instead of...

School board president Mike Kerschner discusses the daily agenda during a school board meeting. Kerschner said that the role of the school board is partially to help the superintendent.

School board to hold next meeting March 9

Raphael Li March 9, 2020

The school board will host the next board meeting today on March 9. According to school board president Mike Kerschner, meetings occur every other week on Monday. In the latest regular session...

School board president Mike Kerschner discusses the daily agenda during a school board meeting. Kerschner said that the role of the school board is partially to help the superintendent.

School board to hold next meeting Feb. 10

Raphael Li February 8, 2020

The school board will host the next board meeting on Feb. 10.   According to school board president Mike Kerschner, meetings take place every two weeks on Mondays. In the latest meeting on...

Interview with Courtney Taylor; Community Relations Liaison for Carmel Clay School

Viyang Hao January 23, 2020

Who have you tasked to do this job and why?  The “CCS Rebranding Project” began… in the fall of 2018. This project has always been comprised of two components–creating a new tagline for the...

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