Fifteen charter schools could share in Pike Township Schools' $14.5 million property-tax referendum if voters approve it in the May 7 primary election.

If approved, the bulk of the new funds will go toward educator and staff salaries at each school district over the next eight years.

Chalkbeat Indiana and WFYI are partnering to provide more coverage of the township school districts and the students they educate.

More than 75,000 Marion County students head back to school in July, weeks before the vast majority of the nation’s children.

Valor Classical Academy abandoned plans to open in Pike Township and hopes to open a campus in Hamilton County this fall.

Valor Classical Academy initially planned to locate in Hamilton County but lost a lawsuit to claim a building in Carmel. Now, leaders are considering opening in Northwest Indianapolis.

The Pike Township candidates will seek to stabilize the district after a tumultuous year that included staff protests and declining test scores.

After 24 years working in Pike Township Schools, Larry Young is set to become the new superintendent with a proposed $257,000 salary and benefits package.

School districts across Indiana are reporting the highest number of staff and student COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

Flora Reichanadter is no longer the superintendent of Pike Township Schools following months of parent and teacher criticism over her management of the district and concerns over teacher pay.