The Indianapolis Public Schools Board Thursday approved the hire of current principals to lead the four revamped high schools that will remain next year.

So how did Arlington's comeback year end and what is next for A New Day? WFYI education reporter Eric Weddle spent the 2015-16 school year reporting from inside the school -- it was the year Arlington was returned to Indianapolis Public Schools Corp. after three years of a state-takeover.

For more than two hours Wednesday night, parents, students, educators and alumni testified in support of three Indianapolis Public Schools in the midst of turnaround efforts.

A parent and group of teenagers were arrested Tuesday after allegedly storming into Arlington Community High School as part of an ongoing feud between two students, according to school officials.

Arlington Community High School is back under local control after three years of a state mandated takeover. Over the past seven months the behavior problems that once derailed normalcy during the start of the school year have been curtailed as students and staff build relationships. WFYI education reporter Eric Weddle has been spending a lot of time at Arlington since August for the series "A New Day." He says the school's response to a popular student's killing last month reveals small steps of progress and the challenges ahead.

On Saturday Feb. 27 Arlington High School will present Broken Bondage: A Time To Celebrate Us. The production mixes live music, acting, dancing and singing to tell the struggles and inspiration of black Americans. It's the first theatrical performance in the northeast side school since it restarted last summer.

An Arlington High School football player was found dead in a car of an apparent shooting a few blocks just south of the Northeastside school Wednesday. The death of the popular 16-year-old Jaylan Murray plunged the school into a state of shock and mourning. At the start of school Thursday an assembly was held to tell students that the junior was killed.

Arlington High School senior Monique'ka Lee is not just a standout on the volleyball court but one of the top students at the northeast side school. But now the 17-year-old is facing a bevy of unknown challenges.

Arlington Community High School Principal Stan Law told the State Board of Education Wednesday that the school had seen a "nearly 100 percent turnaround" in student behavior but there is still much improvement to be made.

Confusion and frustrations over the transition of Indiana's Arlington Community High School from state intervention back to its home district continues to play out behind the scenes.