First Post of the Day
It worked! I'd thought it would, I'd hoped it would, but I was prepared to do battle if it didn't.
Remember my anger at a principal who was allowing food trucks to block handicapped parking spaces? And there were no other handicapped spaces except those that were blocked?
I'd spoken with him when I'd arrived for a football game and had discovered there were no handicapped parking spots available to those who needed them, and, more importantly, WHY there were no handicapped parking spaces.
He'd said he'd "consider" my request to not block the handicapped spaces in the future. I decided to give him a chance to do the right thing and didn't go to the Superintendent then.
But, the following week, there they were again. Parked in the handicapped spaces and blocking them.
And that's when I really got angry. It was wrong - legally and ethically. And a bad message to send to his students and their parents.
After that second check where nothing had changed, I composed a letter to Scott Hanback, the Superintendent of Schools. I did not expect an immediate answer - I knew he would want to talk to the principal and get his side of the story. That's only fair.
He responded more quickly than I'd anticipated. As busy as he is, it must've been an important issue to him, too.
Thank you for calling this to TSC's attention. I spoke with Principal Roop and in the future the school will use regular parking spots, or elsewhere, instead of the designated handicap spots.
Sincerely,
Scott Hanback
Kathy had been following the issue, too, and knew that I had written to Dr. Hanback. She worked far more closely with him than I ever did (the last years of her career, she administered a mentoring program for the new teachers hired by TSC).
She said when she heard the outcome, "I thought Scott would do that. He is a good man."
And she's right. He is a good man and a good superintendent. So much so that he is Indiana's 2026 Superintendent of the Year.
