Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) Schools released a statement Friday afternoon citing improvements planned after Fishers City Judge, and local attorney, Dan Henke submitted a report on a classroom incident, but local group Fishers One describes the statement as “vague.”
Fishers One Founder Diane Eaton says members of her organization “are simply appalled by the weak response of the HSE administration. The lack of action items, accountability, discipline, sensitivity and transparency continues to demonstrate a lack of leadership and a school culture that fosters disrespect and contempt for law enforcement.”
The Friday HSE statement did not provide details of what Judge Henke included in the report that gave the results of his investigation into the classroom incident. The school district said in the statement – “The report has a significant amount of student information. The district does not have consent to release the report with this information.”
Instead, school officials laid out improvements it plans to implement as a result of Judge Henke’s report.
The classroom incident deals with Elwood Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz, who died in the line of duty. Officer Shahnavaz’ brother was in a classroom at an HSE school and saw a “Defund The Police?” poster. Judge Henke’s investigation was to determine what happened in that classroom incident.
Fishers One argues that HSE Schools has demonstrated a “lack of transparency.” The organization is backing four candidates for HSE School Board – Tiffany Pascoe, Dr. Juanita Albright, Dawn Lang and Ben Orr.