Indian Creek Elementary School

This school has, until this year, been the "STAR" in Lawrence Township's district!!!  What an honor to be a part of this amazing school!  Besides incredible test scores, the program was nothing short of incredible.  Unfortunately, in Jan. 2010, the district decided to do an "elementary re-design," taking away the magnet status of this school and giving each elementary a "focus," (which they dub magnets). The school is now a basic "neighborhood school," and a lottery is no longer in place.  This has completely reversed the environment of the school, and everything from teacher morale to parent involvement has dropped dramatically.

Additionally, all but 2 principals were re-assigned, taking out of this school the strong leadership it has always had, replacing him with someone who, unfortunately, is WAY below par when it comes to effective leadership.  (As a matter-of-fact, the "old" principal was so strong that he was sent to another school to start a similar program.  The "new" principal was extremely unsuccessful in her previous school, but the idea was that the teachers were SO strong at IC that they could more-or-less run the program, therefore making the principal obsolete.  INCREDIBLY poor decision.  

The strongest program in the city/state has literally, in 1 school year, become one of the poorest.  Teachers have left in droves, and those parents who have tried their hardest to "stick-it-out," have finally come to the conclusion that things will only continue to go downhill from here.  The "strong" families that helped make this school what it WAS are leaving to either give Amy Beverland a try, or simply moving to Fishers altogether.  This is evident in the ridiculous number of houses on the market right now.  Neighbor after neighbor are fleeing before our kids are damaged beyond help.  

All I can say is, how INCREDIBLY UNFORTUNATE!!!!  I taught in this district for nearly 10 years, and moved my family specifically for the quality of the schools.  We are now in the process of moving, again.  Due to private agendas, vicious politics, and upper-administrators (especially the so-called "director of elementary education,") with little regard for parent/student/community input, Lawrence Township, and Indian Creek, are schools to now AVOID.