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Exclusive - IPS Administrator Pulls Kid From District, Raising Questions About Aleesia Johnson's Leadership

While we are withholding her name, we can report that an administrator in Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) has taken her child out of Broad Ripple Middle School and moved the middle schooler out of IPS entirely, choosing instead to send the student to a middle school in Washington Township.

What is going on in IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson’s administration when her own staff are sending their kids to other school districts?

Parent anger has been rising with growing safety issues across IPS, including at the recently re-opened Broad Ripple Middle School, where fights continue to breakout regularly, leaving students fearful for their basic safety at school.

One student even told the IPS school board recently that if they had kids they wouldn’t be sending them to Broad Ripple Middle.

While IPS admins pluck their kids out of IPS schools, we have to wonder – what message does Superintendent Johnson have for the parents that aren’t able to easily relocate their kids to other districts?

And what does Superintendent Johnson think it says about her leadership in IPS if her own staff won’t keep their kids in IPS?

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