The seven-member IPS board of commissioners is set to vote at a 10 a.m. public meeting Saturday at the Madam Walker Legacy Center on whether to place a $413.6 million operating tax referendum on the May 2 primary ballot. The money goes mostly to boost pay for district teachers.

It’s uncertain when the district will discuss the property-tax referendum again and if the district will agree to share funds with charter schools.

A coalition of charter school leaders are calling on Indianapolis Public Schools to share revenue from a property-tax levy the district proposed for the 2023 ballot.

A study released study in Summer 2022 found some Indianapolis students enrolled at different types of charter schools learned more than students at the city’s traditional district schools.

The Indianapolis mayor’s office approved the creation of a new K-8 charter school though a location is unclear.

Herron Classical Schools has found a new home for its elementary school. The charter school network will purchase the former Salvation Army building from The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

Two charter schools will become part of the Indianapolis Public Schools district and get temporary access to underused buildings, including the shuttered Broad Ripple High School.

A group behind a proposed charter school that met strong opposition from the Fort Wayne Community Schools’ elected board and leaders withdrew its application to open a school in the district’s boundary.

The shuttered Broad Ripple High School could soon have students back in it. The North Campus of Purdue Polytechnic High School could relocate from its current location into the large campus just a few blocks away.