For Me, Not For Thee

Elite schools for their kids. Empty promises for ours.

Broken Promises for Safety at IPS Schools

For Thee, Indianapolis Families, Unsafe Schools

This website is dedicated to exposing educational hypocrisy – powerful political insiders utilizing the benefits of their position to access elite schools while actively trying to deny those same options to other families.

For those powerful political insiders, elite schools for their kids courtesy of the privilege of their positions. But for thee – for the rest of us – we get empty promises for our kids.

A case in point is in Indianapolis, where safety issues have exploded across the school district. This is what families must endure when they lack the ability to send their kids to the elite schools reserved for the wealthy and well-connected.

Just last Friday, another fight-club-style fight broke out at Broad Ripple Middle School, the latest in a growing series of serious safety issues plaguing the school. Concerns have been growing from increasingly frustrated parents that their kids are simply not safe at the newly-reopened Broad Ripple Middle School.

Take the situation at George Washington School 87, where a teacher allegedly created a “fight club” environment, encouraging violence among students. Despite parents raising serious concerns, the school district ignored them until a shocking video surfaced. Even then the school district leadership declined to involve police.

And worse, they kept the teacher’s resignation quiet for weeks.

It doesn’t stop there.

As gun violence escalates—evidenced by loaded firearms found in backpacks, a tragic shooting of an IPS student by another high school student, and a staggering 41% increase in bullying this past school year—Indianapolis School Board member Will Pritchard dismissed the unrest as merely students struggling to “self-regulate and de-escalate tense moments.”

There you have it, dear reader. Teachers cheering on kids attacking each other, growing gun violence at school, and parents fearful for their children’s safety are dismissed by elected school board members like Will Pritchard.

For thee, unsafe schools.

No wonder parents are growing increasingly frustrated.

Is basic school safety too much to ask?

IPS school leadership, with their own children safe in their elite and safe schools, say yes, it is.

This website shines a spotlight on politicians whose personal educational choices for themselves and their families conflict with their opposition to charter school and other education choice policies, raising questions about their commitment to equitable education for all.

It serves as a resource for citizens to understand the true priorities of their representatives. Contact us through the form below if you have any tips on other hypocritical politicians that we should highlight.

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