When former Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board Member Diane Eaton spoke before the board at the last regular session, she urged the board to hire in interim leader and delay the hiring of a school superintendent.  After the meeting, Eaton said she was speaking for “hundreds” of other families in the school district.

Ms. Eaton is now involved with a new group calling themselves Fishers One.  The organization is in the process of applying for nonprofit status.

Eaton told LarryInFishers Wednesday night that Fishers One is mobilizing to hold the school board members accountable, with the goal of academic excellence.

The current members of the board have never hired a superintendent and, according to Eaton, should wait to hire the permanent superintendent later when the pool of candidates may be larger.

Fishers One calls itself a grassroots group.  In a news release issued Wednesday night, the organization listed these priorities:

1. Restoring academic excellence to ALL HSE Schools

2. Hiring an Experienced Superintendent with robust:
• Fiscal management with specific deficit reduction experience
• Demonstrated staff and student leadership success
• Qualifications for superintendent role of this magnitude verified by data, job titles and
experiences

3. Unifying our School Board, Teachers, students, parents and community through
unanimous support for:
• Curriculum focused on traditional education pillars and standards so ALL students are
equipped for the future
• Minimizing distractions attributed to Social Emotional Learning ( SEL) programming
• Allowing parents to be responsible for the social and moral development of their children

Fishers One will have representatives attending HSE School Board meetings, and Eaton says the group will also be involved in Fishers city government.