The fate of two Indianapolis high schools -- Manual and Howe -- poised to exit state control will be decided in March by the State Board of Education based on feedback from the community.

The Indiana State Teachers Association announced Saturday that the head of the teachers union representing Indianapolis Public Schools resigned and is at the center of an investigation.

Marion County voters approved two property-tax increases worth a total of $272 million for Indianapolis Public Schools to increase teacher pay and fund a wide array of safety initiatives.

Indianapolis Public Schools paid a charter school company management fees and start-up costs and will continue making payments into mid-2020.

Enroll Indy wants to use newly released data to inform their strategies going forward.

The two property tax referenda would cover building repair, safety improvements and teacher raises.

Five hundred schools across the country took part in the initiative to rid their schools of bullying.

Homeowners on the city’s northside and downtown neighborhoods will pay the highest tax increase in the city if both IPS property tax referenda pass, according to an analysis by WFYI News and SAVI, a public data program at IUPUI’s Polis Center.

If approved, these changes would be effective for the 2019-20 school year.

WFYI asked each of the candidates for the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners to fill out a questionnaire to help readers understand their positions.