COLUMBUS, Ind. — A group of Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. parents are planning a “Show Your Work — Transparency Now” protest at Monday’s night’s school board meeting after a week of concerns about COVID-19 positive cases in local schools.
BCSC released numbers on Thursday and Friday detailing the number of positive cases the school corporation has had since Aug. 10, and listed the buildings that were affected, including the administration building. The COVID-19 Community Task Force announced as part of its community spread dashboard that in-person classes would continue on Monday.
Even with that transparency, the parents said Friday they still planned to protest. The “Show Your Work – Transparency Now” protest, organized by BCSC parents Lisa Eubank and Tracy Kiser, is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday outside the BCSC administration building.
“This protest is really about the transparency that’s been sought from BCSC,” Eubank said. “There are couple of areas in which we feel that they’re not sharing information that they should for the community. Not just the parents, but, you know, teachers, community, everyone. Because we’re all affected by
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