Arlington Community High School is a "top concern" of the Indiana Department of Education due to its ongoing turbulent atmosphere, an education officer told the State Board of Education today.

During fall break, some students are required to attend remedial lessons in math and English to help them pass required exams during. Improving academics is vital as Arlington remains under the eye of the state yet some juniors and seniors have never taken the required math and English tests.

The Peace Learning Center is coming to Arlington Community High School to teach students how to control their emotions and resolve conflict through a peer mediation program. The help comes as the school staff prepare for a so-called "restart" after fall break to set a new tone at the Northeast side school. WFYI education reporter Eric Weddle has more.

A combination of factors are contributing to Arlington Community High School's unsettled school atmosphere as students skip class, act out and some are even suspected of stealing a teacher's car. The school administration has asked IPS to provide more than 20 additional staff to help.

After three years under management of a private company, Arlington Community High School has returned to Indianapolis Public Schools. It's the first school under state intervention to transition back to its home district and school leaders are under pressure from the community and state to make it work. WFYI education reporter Eric Weddle will spend a year reporting from inside the school on it successes and challenges. In this first part of the series, A New Day, he looks at just how difficult it can be to start over at a school.

Today Arlington Community High School officially becomes an Indianapolis Public School -- again -- three years since the state took control of it due to chronic failure and hired a charter school company to run it. Now, the question for many in the community is: can IPS remake Arlington into a new, successful 7-12th grade school despite its past?