Editorial

The Indiana State Board of Education finalized the training rules for adjunct teaching permits during a Jan. 2 meeting. As reported in the Dec. 12, 2012, edition of The Ellettsville Journal, individuals are eligible to receive an adjunct permit if they achieved a 3.0 grade-point average or better in college, have obtained their bachelor’s degree, … Read more

Monroe County recycling centers are now open five days a week, and they have expanded their services to include bulky items and electronics, the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District recently announced. At the Ellettsville Recycling Center, located at 6200 N. Matthews Dr., hours are now 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, Friday … Read more

The regular meeting of Ellettsville Town Council was supposed to be held on Dec. 26, 2012, but was postponed due to the blizzard until Dec. 28. Those present at the Dec. 28 meeting were Vice President Dan Swafford and council members David Drake and Dianna Bastin. President Scott Oldham and Philip Smith were absent. Ellettsville … Read more

In 2010, when Micah Mobley took over as director of The Edge, an alternative school at Edgewood High School, his position at Edgewood Junior High School had just been cut. Worse, the alternative school itself had recently been in peril as the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation cut more than $700,000 from its budget in … Read more

The school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14 cast a heavy shadow on the Dec. 17 Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation school board meeting, for which all members were present. RBBCSC Superintendent Steven Kain read a statement he had sent to the press earlier in the day regarding the … Read more

At Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation, every student has an iPad issued to them by their school. That has led some parents to question whether or not the technology would be more of a distraction than a learning aid. These parents cited students texting and emailing each other or playing games while in the classroom … Read more

The Indiana State Board of Education approved provisions in the Rules for Educator Preparation and Accountability (REPA II) administrative rules, which made changes to teacher and administrator licensing in Indiana, with a 9-2 vote on Dec. 5. Provisions of the rules lowered qualification standards for principals and other building-level administrators, allowing for those who obtained … Read more

On Nov. 28, Edgewood Junior High School held a community meeting on bullying. It was originally scheduled to be held in the EJHS library but had to be moved due to overwhelming interest in the event. Inflammatory reports from five parents, one student and one former student during the Nov. 19 Richland-Bean Blossom Community School … Read more

The big news at the Nov. 19 Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation school board meeting was supposed to be the resignation of RBBCSC Superintendent Steven Kain, but it was overshadowed by allegations from several parents and students of consistent and severe bullying. All board members were present as parent after parent, then student after student, … Read more

The Indiana Farm Bureau has released the results of a survey of grocery prices for a Thanksgiving dinner that feeds up to 10 people in 2012. The annual survey asks volunteers to look for the lowest price available at their local grocery stores without coupons or promotional prices. The total cost, $50.99, was the highest … Read more