Archive for Center Grove Schools

14 file for CG School Board’s three seats

by: Jody Veldkamp September 1, 2010

There are three open seats on the Center Grove School Board this year. Current board members Jim Copp, Mark Dietel and Scott Gudeman are not seeking re-election. Just days before the filing deadline only two people had filed but that all changed quickly in the final two days as 14 people filed for the races. [...]

School board loses vote without an election

by: Jody Veldkamp March 19, 2010

The Indiana State Legislature appears to put an end to a possible referendum vote on increasing property taxes to fund Center Grove Schools. The school system had expected to hold the election in July costing tax payers an extra $50,000 to fund the election. However the bill passed last week, is expected to be signed [...]

Killing the school referendum message?

by: Jody Veldkamp February 20, 2010

Editors note: The following is a letter we received from Dr. Dick Huber. It is presented unedited. Your comments are welcome. When deliberating the referendum issue and a special election, please remember that sometimes it’s not about what you want, but how you go about getting what you want.  Sometimes the message dies because the [...]

School board member says resident is “completely outrageous and wrong”

by: Jody Veldkamp February 16, 2010

It seems lately every time you turnaround in Johnson county someone wants “just a little bit” of your money by increasing your taxes for “a good cause”. It may be reorganization with Greenwood, more than doubling the size of the county jail, or money for schools.  Many times I have heard “I’m on a fixed [...]

School cuts unite community

by: Dann Veldkamp February 8, 2010

As I wait for the meeting to begin I am thinking: The Reorganization proposal has produced many heated debates. Sometimes unkind words were tossed between Bargersville, unincorporated White River Township and Greenwood. But, when it comes to schools, it is the one issue that unites us all. The border of White River Township and Center [...]