WARSAW — Miles Reichard, a graduate of Indiana University and Triton High School graduate, was sworn in as the newest officer of the Warsaw Police Department during the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety meeting Thursday morning, Nov. 19.

[weaver_youtube K_NPDy7xWQY rel=0] Kosciusko County Farm Bureau hosted an opportunity to meet and talk with state legislators and a county councilman Saturday morning. The meeting room at the Biomet Drive, Warsaw, location was standing room only. Topics focused around education and proposed legislation, misconceptions on who makes the rules for the State Department of Education, …read more.

By DANIEL ALTMAN Media Contact, Indiana Superintendent’s Office Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz has announced that the Indiana Department of Education has reduced the length of the 2015 spring ISTEP+ by over three hours for all Indiana students in all grades. In addition, Superintendent Ritz announced that the Department of Education would seek …read more.

By KIM CLEMENTS-JOHNSON Manager of Communications, Indiana State Teachers Association The Indiana State Teachers Association commissioned a statewide poll to gauge the public’s view of traditional public schools, educators and the issues surrounding public education in Indiana. The results show a majority of Hoosiers support their public schools, value teachers and believe there is too …read more.

By ERIN POLLEY Indiana Moral Monday The more than 70 organizations that make up Indiana Moral Mondays have been eagerly waiting for lawmakers to return to their seats for the 2015 Session of the Indiana General Assembly and will be out in force at the State House as it reopens today. This year, legislators are …read more.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz joins the Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Lakeview Middle School in recognizing the efforts of WCS student recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in mathematics. Seventh-grade recipients included Samuel Yeager and Clair Hubner. Eighth-grade recipients were Kyle Harter and Jubilee Stichter.

Glenda Ritz, state superintendent of public education, made it quite clear she does not approve of “high stakes testing” in any way, particularly ISTEP+, and strongly believes such testing could be used more as a growth model assessment instead of only pass or fail. Ritz visited Wawasee High School Friday by invitation from WHS Principal …read more.