Operations

Mission: It is the mission of Operational Services at the Indiana School for the Deaf to provide operational support and personnel service to the students, staff, families and the I.S.D. community to ensure resources exist in which our students can achieve academic and social excellence in a Bilingual/Bicultural environment.

Philosophy: The Operations Division is committed to: providing a clean , safe, attractive and accessible environment for our staff, students and visitors; providing healthy, nutritious, and tastefully prepared meals at all times; earning the respect of all individuals by maintaining a knowledgeable, responsive, well-trained and accountable workforce that discharges their duties and responsibilities with evidence of fairness, tolerance and equality; providing training, guidance and consulting services to staff throughout campus in order to ensure consistency and fairness; and providing timely, accurate services from the payroll and business office in order to ensure seamless services are provided.

Beliefs: The Operations Division is strongly committed to providing the support services necessary for the smooth operations beneficial to our staff and students. The Operations Division recognizes that continuity is needed campus wide. Our Division respects the importance of providing for the safety, security and education of the young minds placed in our care.

You may contact for the following:

• Rose Hemmelgarn, Director of Operations, rhemmelgarn@isd.k12.in.us
• Greg Wright for Campus Police Department, gwright@isd.k12.in.us
• John Rahn for Physical Plant Department, jrahn@isd.k12.in.us
• David Henry for Dietary Services, dhenry@isd.k12.in.us
• Paul Wood for Business Office Department, pwood@isd.k12.in.us and
• Stuart Ikeda for Technology Center, sikeda@isd.k12.in.us