The Hamilton Southeastern School Board is poised to elect a majority of its members – four – in the November election. However, as of the close of business Friday, August 10th, only four people have filed their paperwork to run in the election, and no one has filed to run in District 1.
Janet Pritchett has filed to become a board candidate in District 2. Pritchett has served as PTO President at Fishers Elementary and Riverside Intermediate. She also served as a board member at Riverside Junior High and Fishers High School, in addition to being involved in the classroom at both Fishers Elementary and New Britton Elementary.
Mrs. Pritchett’s platform includes the following points, according to her campaign Web site:
- Explore alternative testing methods
- Continue to and expand upon our partnership with the City of Fishers and unique learning opportunities. opportunities for students and a possible connection to future employers.
- Use my excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate with all stakeholders in the educational system. I believe it’s important to have input from all sources in order to make decisions.
- I promise to keep an open mind and be accepting of opposing viewpoints.
- Be transparent in decision making (excluding topics that are not legally public) a
- To continue to strive for promoting & encouraging parent engagement at all levels.
- Strive to continue to make HSE an employer of choice and focus on teacher retention.
- Always keep ALL of our 20,000+ students’ best interests at heart, without losing sight of the individual child.
Frank Whelan has already announced his candidacy and filed his paperwork to be a candidate in District 2 as well. Matt Molter has announced his intention to become a candidate in District 2, but had not officially filed as of August 10th. If Mr. Molter files for the District 2 seat, there will be at least 3 candidates in that District.
Incumbent Michelle Fullhart has filed for a second term in District 3. Attorney Brad Banks has filed as a candidate in District 4.
Anyone wishing to run for one of the seats on the HSE School Board has until Friday, August 25th, at noon, to submit the required paperwork.
Seed a map of the board districts at this link