ITT Tech Stops Enrolling Students
This comes less than a week after the U.S. Department of Education banned the Indiana-based company from accepting new students who use federal financial aid.
Analysts say the ban is a likely death sentence for ITT, which received 79% of its cash receipts last year from the Federal Student Loan program.
The department also placed several other sanctions on ITT, including a freeze on executive compensation and an order that it increase its surety funds in 30 days.
ITT Tech operates more than 130 campuses in 38 states.
EPD Foundation Appoints New Executive Director
Jan Davis will be taking over the leadership roll.
The EPD Foundation exists to award financial grants to the department for specialized equipment, education, collaborative community programs and for the support of its personnel.
A private reception in her honor will be thrown in to celebrate Davis Tuesday.
Only local dignitaries, the EPD Foundation Board of Directors and Board of Governors, donors, and friends of the Evansville Police Department will all be in attendance.
Petition Started to Extend EVSC Lunch Periods
Two moms go together and started an online petition to try to extend the now 20-minute lunch period.
They started it after realizing their children were coming home from school hungry, and saying they don’t have enough time to eat.
EVSC Superintendent Dr. David Smith says if there’s ever a child that can’t finish their meal, they will give them extra time.
But, with 1,800 signatures on their online petition, the moms say it isn’t just a few children who can’t finish their lunch in time.
“And it’s very sad to watch kids put some food in their pockets, or standing over the trash can shoving more food in their mouth,†said Tiffanie Wolf, EVSC parent, helped start petition. “And it’s like sometimes, this is the only decent meal some of these kids are gonna get and they’re taking it from them. and then they’re going back to class hungry.â€
The moms plan to take the petition to the next school board meeting, September 12th at 5:30, hoping they’ll consider extending the lunch periods to at least 20 minutes and a reworking of the schedule to allow kids enough time for both lunch and recess.Â
