The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners will hold a unique session Thursday where only district staff and media will be allowed in the room due to concerns about the coronavirus.

Indianapolis Public Schools signed a pact Monday with the union representing district bus drivers and attendants. It aims to end transportation disruptions by offering bonuses if employees keep working through the end of the contract in June.

The Indiana School for the Deaf and the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired are in dire need of updates and maintenance, including major repairs for new roofs, better drainage and upgraded mechanical systems.

Buses for Indianapolis Public Schools will operate as normal Monday. The district made the decision around 5:30 a.m. today after days of uncertainty.

Leaders at Indianapolis Public Schools say the private company operating three of its former schools under a soon-to-end state intervention is preventing a smooth transition of the schools back to district control by this summer.

Mishawaka High School enacted a policy this year allowing resource officers to issue tickets to students caught vaping at least twice.

Charter school operator Phalen Leadership Academies released an open letter to Mayor Joe Hogsett that accused him of failing miserably to protect families. Students say they feel abandoned by city officials.

An investigation by the Indiana State Board of Accounts says a quest to maximize profit at two virtual charter schools led its leaders to inappropriately collect more than $68 million in tax dollars by inflating student enrollment numbers for years.

Indianapolis Public Schools' administration wants to remove the leaders of two failing schools and replace them with independent operators because students struggled for too many years without academic results on par with other city schools.

Dozens of angry staff and family members of students from a Near Westside school spoke out at the Indianapolis Schools Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday.