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Public forum spotlights student petition for dress-down option and allegations against trustee; transportation union seeks paperwork
Summary
Public commenters at the April 22 School City of East Chicago meeting urged a dress-down pilot, criticized a trustee’s social-media conduct and requested completion of a negotiated transportation contract; the board said staff would accept complaints and follow up.
Several public commenters at the School City of East Chicago board meeting on April 22 raised issues ranging from a student petition seeking a dress-down option to allegations that a trustee made inappropriate social-media comments.
Jonathan Alaya, a junior at East Chicago Central High School, delivered a petition he said he had circulated asking the district to pilot a dress-down option for one school year or semester instead of requiring uniforms. "If you see that the dress code violations increase in the 2025–26 school year, then we go back to the uniforms," Alaya said, arguing that a dress-down option could reduce cost burdens on families and…
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