WINCHESTER, Ind. — Days after Indiana lawmakers quietly approved the closure of Union School Corporation, more than 150 people — including Stephanie Ward — turned out at the Randolph County Fairgrounds to demand answers from their state representative.
Ward wanted to know why the decision, tucked into a sweeping property tax reform bill with little public notice, came as a surprise to nearly everyone except the lawmaker who wrote it — Rep. J.D. Prescott (R-Union City).
“You could not have been going through the proper channels for so few people to have known about this before,” Ward said at the April 19 event. “Can you explain that to me?”…