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Parents urge Indianola school board to audit NHS selection and allow appeals after alleged bias
Summary
Multiple parents and speakers told the Indianola Community School District board that three students were denied National Honor Society membership after a classroom incident and asked the board to audit the NHS faculty, permit appeals for the students, and align local bylaws with the national constitution.
Debate over the Indianola High School National Honor Society selection process dominated public comment at the Indianola Community School District board meeting, where parents pressed the board to investigate possible retaliation and to provide an appeals pathway.
Tristan Grover told the board that a political exchange in a high-school biology class last November led to teachers labeling some pro‑Trump students "brainwashed," and that three students — Madison Grover, Alexa Geyer and Kendall Sandy — were later denied NHS selection with no clear, consistent reasons given. "The reason that these girls were denied…
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