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Parent asks Carmel Clay board to refuse school access to Lt. Gov.-elect Micah Beckwith
Summary
A Carmel parent urged the board to refuse any future request by Lt. Gov.-elect Micah Beckwith to enter district schools, citing statements she said indicated he would target 'woke' teachers and alleging doxxing and threats by his followers; the board took the comment under advisement and did not act.
At the public-comment portion of the Dec. 19 meeting, parent Cassie Jackson asked the Carmel Clay Schools board to prohibit Lt. Gov.-elect Micah Beckwith from entering district school properties. Jackson described herself as a parent of twins in the district and framed the request as a preventative safety measure, citing statements she attributed to Beckwith and documenting recent events in other districts that prompted concern.
"Mr. Beckwith has personally promised, despite his duties not involving education... to enter schools so that he can weed out the bad apple teachers," Jackson said, urging trustees to refuse any future requests from Beckwith to be on Carmel Clay School property. She alleged Beckwith "has also promised to continue to use hate speech in his rhetoric" and asserted that his supporters have doxxed and targeted educators and administrators in neighboring districts, including a recent incident involving a Westfield superintendent.
Jackson asked the board to "stand in solidarity with us in refusing to allow hate speech in politics where they should not be, which is in our public schools." The board's public-comment rules were read at the start of the meeting; trustees did not take action in response to the comment but said public comments are taken under advisement per board policy.
No formal investigation, determination or policy change was announced at the meeting. The allegations Jackson raised concern conduct outside the district; the board's stated procedure is to take public comments under advisement but not to act immediately on them during the public-comment period.
