The Indianola School Board elected to approve a second School Resource Officer to serve in the district beginning this fall, however the board also elected to table the possibility of adding a Dean of Elementary Students position to help elementary school principals and staff deal with behavior issues in schools. Superintendent Tara Paul tells KNIA News the board didn’t make a yes or no decision, it was the recommendation from the district to be able to dig into the issue further and be able to provide a better recommendation.
“I asked the board if we could just push pause, everybody take a deep breath, and let’s have these additional conversations so we can fill in the informational gaps. That maybe we needed to make sure we are all on the same page. So we are going to take a few times just to have meetings, discuss what we are doing, why we are doing it, and then bring something back to the board.”
Hear more on today’s Let’s Talk Indianola.