Indiana
Indiana high school diploma redesign passes state education board 11 – 0
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Department of Education in a board meeting Wednesday unanimously voted to pass the state’s proposed redesign of the high school diploma.
The final version is a 42-credit diploma that includes three pathways, or “readiness” seals, that students can follow through “enrollment,” “employment,” and “enlistment & service.” Each student can earn up to 60 credits.
The board says this change will not affect the availability of the alternative diploma for special education students.
The diploma in its earliest forms was subjected to intense criticism from parents, educators, and even higher education institutions.
The first-draft diplomas emphasized workplace readiness, averting the gaze from “college-going as the pinnacle of education” to helping graduating seniors feel prepared to enter the work force.
But the proposed work requirement is that students must also complete at least 75 hours of work experience gained no popularity with students and parents who felt “pressured to work in order to earn the higher-tier diploma.”
The first proposal was scrapped in August and replaced by their second plan, which Secretary of Education Katie Jenner previously said “maximized the flexibility for students so that they can personalize the journey while maintaining rigor.”
After further months of discussion, the diploma’s final draft passed 11 – 0.
Starting in the 2025-26 school year, Indiana schools can opt to award the new diploma, but students must earn a seal to opt in.
By 2028-29, the new diploma will be effective for all graduating seniors.
RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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