A Wednesday candidate forum hosted by the Central Library and presented in partnership with Chalkbeat Indiana, WFYI Public Media and the Indianapolis Recorder, was the first — and possibly only — time that all ten candidates for Indianapolis School Board have come together to discuss issues facing the district.

Tonight Indianapolis Public Schools officials will propose a plan to separate middle school grades from district high schools. The change is expected to cause the closure of at least one of eight high schools next year because enrollment levels will plummet even further at some of the district’s largest buildings.

Gayle Cosby, often the lone of critic on the Indianapolis Public School Board of the district’s ambitious reform plans, today announced that she will not seek re-election.