The Indianapolis Public Schools board of commissioners delayed its planned Saturday vote on putting a $413.6 million operating property tax referendum on the May primary ballot.

This year, WFYI reporters tackled tough education stories – from teacher and classroom aide shortages, to major changes coming to the Indianapolis Public Schools district.

No school building switched districts and no commissioners were displaced from their districts as part of changes to the district boundaries of the Indianapolis Public Schools Board.

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.

Some say they wont support a district tax levy unless it is equitably shared among Indianapolis 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.

The vote on the dramatic plan by the Indianapolis Public Schools Board is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17.

WFYI’s Elizabeth Gabriel interviewed Daria Parham, the Principal of Paul I. Miller School 114, about her experience and her plans to support students at Frederick Douglass SUPER School 19 if the buildings merge under the district’s Rebuilding Stronger plan.

The Indianapolis Public Schools district's "Rebuilding Stronger” plan would involve closing or merging six schools and opening two new middle schools.