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Social Media Effort Aims To Preserve Ritz's Role As Chair Of The State Board Of Education

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A growing coalition is hoping that a hash-tag will save the integrity of the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The Indiana House could vote today, to remove Glenda Ritz as head of the State Board of Education, but a twitter movement launched by a group including angry parents and teachers is trying to keep that change from happening.

#IStandWithRitz was one of the top ranking hash-tags on Twitter yesterday, thanks in part to Jennifer Dewitt from Noblesville who has three special needs children.

She says lawmakers can‘t change the rules half-way through the game.

"Governor Pence and the legislature and the state board all need to recognize we voted for Glenda in huge numbers, 1.3-million of us did" says Dewitt. "And we believe that she had the right ideas to be able to educate our children."

Dewitt says she doesn‘t understand why Republicans are trying to diminish Ritz‘s authority, other than partisan politics.

Ritz is the only democrat to hold statewide office.

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