Our Opinion: A program that South Bend schools can t afford to lose
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SOUTH BEND â South Bend educators and community members are coming to the defense of a longstanding program serving teen mothers after administrators unexpectedly announced its discontinuance last month.
Wrapped into recommendations to close and restructure several other schools in a multiyear âright sizingâ effort, South Bend Community School Corp. leaders called for the closure of the districtâs School Age Mothers Program during a late January school board meeting.
Shocked by the proposal, more than a dozen current and former staff, students and community members submitted letters in support of the program they say keeps students engaged at a time where the pressure to drop out couldnât be greater.
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Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, speaks in the Indiana House during the 2019 legislative session. Photo by Bryan Wells, TheStatehouseFile.com
First published February 18, 2021 inÂ
During the House session on Thursday, a bill concerning school district boundaries that some are calling racist sparked an emotional and angry debate. Several legislators walked out of the chamber, GOP legislators in their seats booed and shouted “no” and “stop,” and some members even clashed in the halls after Black legislators spoke out against the bill.
The confrontations broke out on a day when Black members were celebrating Black History Month by wearing traditional African garb.