![]() Six of the seven candidates running for the Wayne Township School Board appeared for their interviews on Afternoons with Amos. Downs also talked about the districts new career center that will teach Pike students skills that will help them get meaningful jobs after high school. ![]() In his interview, Downs talked about school financing, the problems of bullying, the challenge of funding to keep improving Pike’s academic offerings. Two thirds (66.7%) of Pike students passed both English/Language Arts and Math ISTEP and 92% of Pike high High HS students graduated on time. Nearly two-third of Pike students received free/reduced lunch. The district which has some 11,069 students is 59% Black the highest Black percentage of any Indianapolis school district and the second largest number of Black students. Downs was extremely enthusiastic about Pike’s progress. The two other Pike candidates, Philip Abrams and Pike Board President Regina Randolph, had scheduling conflicts and couldn’t appear. Pike school board candidate Michael Downs appeared on the program. So the candidates are assured of election. ![]() In Pike Township on Indy’s northwest side, three candidates as running for three board seats. It was the fourth of six scheduled Afternoons with Amos programs featuring interviews with school board candidates in the November 4th election from Marion County districts with the largest African-American enrollments. The candidates who appeared strongly defended their districts and public education, while bemoaning state budget cuts, property tax cap restrictions on education funding.
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