Indianapolis Public Schools Board approved a school reopening plan Thursday that will ensure in-person classroom teaching for the states largest school district will not return until October at the earliest.

Indianapolis Public Schools announced today it plans to provide only remote learning to all students when classes resume on Aug. 17.

After Washington Township Schools announced Monday it will only offer virtual classes when school resumes, the director of the Marion County Public Health Department said its safe for students to return to classrooms.

The panelists noted the importance of normalizing discussions of race for all children, so that the subject isnt stigmatized.

Indianapolis Public Schools will require all students and staff to wear face masks, make space for physical distancing in buildings, reduce the number of students riding buses, and install touchless water fountains, according to a reopening plan released Friday.

Indianapolis Public Schools leaders announced a review of its police force in 2016, a process intended to improve accountability and data tracking, but it was never completed.

Indianapolis Public Schools leaders are leaning into their position on racial equity and racism and asking the school board to approve a policy approach that would more directly address institutional racism.

Connie Kristelli has been a food service supervisor at Indianapolis Public Schools for more than 30 years. She is one of many staffers who helped Indianapolis Public Schools serve more 242,000 meals since school buildings closed.

A fund created by the Indianapolis Mayors office will distribute $1.5 million to public schools in Marion County to help low-income students get computers and internet service for their remote e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Indianapolis Charter School Board sped up its approval process Tuesday to allow a new operator to restart Emma Donnan Elementary-Middle School this summer.