Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 2005 — Page 3

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2005

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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ENROLLMENT ► Continued from Page 1 Schools saw its Black student count fall by 360 or l.6per cent.IPS’ Black enrollment of 22,156 is the largest in the city/county (and largest in the state). At 6,220, Pike Township has the second highest Black enrollment in the city/county and fifth highest in Indiana. Pike’s Black enrollment increased by 119 or 2 percent. Lawrence Township’s Black enrollment of 5,680 is third in the city/county and sixth in the state and increased 2.5 percent or 138. Hamilton Southeastern schools in suburban Hamilton County have the largest African-Ameri-can enrollment of any suburban Indianapolis district. This school year, 790 Blacks attend Hamilton

Southeastern schools, an increase of 111 or 16.3 percent. Avon, in Hendricks County, has the next highest number of Black students; 421, up 93 or 28.4 percent. Carmel-Clay schools, also in Hamilton County, have 366 Black students, an increase of 10.6 percent or 35. Brownsburg schools, also in Hendricks County, saw Black student enrollment jump 33.2 percent or 90 students to 361. The Mt. Vernon Community school district in Hancock County has the fifth largest number of African-American students of any suburban district at 184, a jump of 27 students or 17.2 percent. The largest suburban Black en-

rollment increase came in the Noblesville schools, also in Hamilton County. Noblesville has always had a small Black community, but three years ago the Noblesville schools saw a modest jump in Black enrollment. This school year, the jump was dramatic as Black enrollment climbed 48.1 percent to 114. The increasing overall public school enrollment in Indianapolis/Marion County is due to growth of Black and Hispanic students. Overall city/county public school enrollment is now 136,837, an increase of just 1,143 students or 0.8 percent. In just five years, the number of Hispanics enrolled in Indianapolis/

Marion County public schools has doubled. This school year, Hispanic enrollment climbed 14.8 percent or 1,463 to 11,356. Some 60.4 percent of city/county Hispanic students attend township schools, 38.5 percent attend IPS and just 1.1 percent attend charter schools. While Black and Hispanic students are increasing, the number of white non-Hispanic students continues to decline. Just 65,587 non-Hispanic whites attend city/ county public schools; down 1,640 or 2.4 percent. Every city/county school district lost white students except Decatur, Franklin and Perry townships and Speedway. Non-Hispanic whites are the

majority in all but four public school districts in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. African Americans are the majority in two districts - IPS (58 percent) and Pike Township (57.9 percent). In two other school districts, Warren Township and Washington Township, no racial or ethnic group has a majority. Blacks comprise the majority of the students in seven of the city’s thirteen charter schools: Planner House Elementary, 21st Century, Charles Tindley Accelerated, Lighthouse Academy, Andrew Brown Academy and both Goodwill Charter schools.

NEWS BRIEFS ► Continued from Page 1 announced this week that on Jan. 1, the state will require construction contractors to meet or exceed the subcontracting diversity goals set forth by the Governor's Commission on Minority and Women's Business Enterprises. The new policy will apply to construction contracts valued over $150,000 determined to have subcontracting opportunities. Bids will not be considered if bidders do not meet the goal or prove to the department they worked through 10 specific steps required to exhibit that they made their best effort to meet the goal. Since February, the department has implemented many improvements to increase the use of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises including the recruitment of 400 new firms, audits of existing contracts to increase compliance and matching MBE and WBE firms to state agencies and prime contractors in need of their services

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