Submitted by Fishers One
Fishers One congratulates the HSE school board candidates who won their seats on Tuesday’s election.
- District 1: Tiffany Pascoe
- District 2: Dr. Juanita Albright
- District 3: Dawn Lang
- District 4: Ben Orr
According to Fishers One, these four winners had convincing wins signaling that Fishers residents are looking to see a return to academic excellence in HSE Schools. “Academics over Activism” was a running theme that appeared to connect with voters.
(From left) Juanita Albright, Dawn Lang, Ben Orr, and Tiffany Pascoe each won a seat on the Hamiton Southeastern school board on election night. (Photo provided)
“Last night’s election results sent a clear message from our community about the state of HSE Schools,” Fishers One Founder Diane Eaton said. “It’s time for change.”
All four candidates put forth incredible campaign efforts, generated unrivaled volunteer enthusiasm, and harnessed the energy of the community to get their message out to voters. Collectively, the candidates knocked on thousands of doors and listened to voters’ concerns.
Fishers One thanks countless volunteers for their tireless efforts and their families who stepped up to support these great candidates. The election’s results remind everyone once again what the power of like-minded community members can do when they work together to make a change.
Fishers One also thanks those community members who signed up to run for school board during this election season. Their hard work and commitment were inspiring.
About Fishers One
Fishers One identifies as a grassroots community-based organization dedicated to restoring academic excellence in our schools, maintaining Fishers as a great place to live, and cultivating the next generation of community leaders. You can learn more about Fishers One and how to get involved at fishersone.org or at Facebook.com/FishersOne.
CONGRATULATIONS to Diane Eaton and the Fishers One group for your outstanding efforts to bring to our attention the problem and the solution! Looking forward to the positive change that the new school board will bring to HSE!
I would like to know what their academic excellence plan is since HSE is in top 5%
Unfortunately this isn’t about academic excellence. All 4 of my kids are now in or have attended HSE Schools (one graduated and is at IU). I couldn’t be more impressed with their teachers and administrators and wish I had received the public education in math, science, history, writing, and lit that they have. What Fishers One is mad about is acceptance of queer kids at HSE, which has been refreshing to me — so different than my experience growing up in the 80s & 90s. Fishers One, instead of running on their #HurtTransKids activism, decided it was more strategic to create the false dichotomy between “activism” and “education.” Activism to them doesn’t include their own push to interfere with how teachers and administrators accept and affirm at-risk kids; they’re targeting that acceptance itself as activism. And likewise, they are reducing education to passing standardized tests, not learning how to excel in a diverse, rapidly changing world with skill and grace. The world has only one “Silicon Valley,” and it’s in ‘Merica not because our kids beat the rest of the world in math (they don’t) but because we have a nation-wide culture that thrives on and invests in diversity and innovation. If Fishers wants to become that kind of tech center, we have to support that level of openness. In the 5 years I’ve lived here, drawn in by the tech community, that’s exactly the kind of culture my family has experienced in Fishers and HSE Schools, but I’m afraid Fishers One might succeed at closing it down.