April 19, 2024

PHM Handbook Changes Are Interesting

This is the PHM high handbook proposed changes for next year. The school board will have first reading of these proposed revisions publicly this coming Monday. On May 20, the board will vote to approve potential changes.

Page 18 might be of particular interest. Notice the red ?

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You can read the full proposed student handbook here.

A recent district-wide email went out to PHM employees notifying them that current DEI officer, Derrick White, will that post and take over as Director of Alternative Education and Projects starting on July 1. This leaves the PHM DEI officer position open and vacant. I wrote about this change recently.

In my previous article, I wrote that PHM is eliminating the DEI officer position. People took issue with my using the word ‘eliminate’ because the board hasn’t voted to officially eliminate it yet, and may not vote to do so. This was a fair criticism. However, numerous sources inside PHM tell me there are no plans to the DEI officer position in PHM. This would effectively leave the position open indefinitely and it would only remain in derelict status. Given that DEI is being rolled back all over the country right now due to political pressure, I can see this position remaining vacant and effectively being eliminated. Arguing over semantics about whether a perpetually vacant position is actually ‘eliminated’ seems like a waste of time and . My sources say the position won’t be . If that changes, I’ll tell you.

In 2023, DEI jobs fell 5%, and so far they are down 8% in 2024. 30 states have introduced legislation to ban DEI in public education at all levels. Many have succeeded and DEI is being rolled back in many states. In last years Indiana legislative session, HB 1338 would have effectively banned DEI in Indiana education. It didn’t pass, but SB 202 did pass in the 2024 session. DEI has become politically toxic and is in retreat in the corporate world as well as public education.

Now, that doesn’t mean the battle is won. As I’ve highlighted on the show for many years, DEI, CRT, etc. are hidden within other programs like SEL. Just because PHM appears to be leaving the DEI officer post vacant and striking DEI language from the high school student handbook doesn’t mean the tenets of DEI are going away. A point highlighted by Accuracy In ‘s deep-dive investigation into Indiana public schools hiding DEI and CRT from not only parents and the public, but from school boards as well.

Alternative media, activists, and parent groups back against DEI are effectively driving it underground but the fight is long from over.

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