Articles tagged as: Indianapolis Public Schools
March 18, 2020
IPS Board To Vote Thursday On School Restarts, Empower Superintendent To Help Staff If Closure Continues
The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners will hold a unique session Thursday where only district staff and media will be allowed in the room due to concerns about the coronavirus.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2020
Indianapolis Public Schools To Stay Open 'As Long As Possible'
IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson says the district is talking regularly with the Marion County Health Department and other district superintendents as it decides next steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Read MoreMarch 10, 2020
IPS Offers $800K In Bus Driver Bonuses To End Disruptions
Indianapolis Public Schools signed a pact Monday with the union representing district bus drivers and attendants. It aims to end transportation disruptions by offering bonuses if employees keep working through the end of the contract in June.
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2020
Indianapolis Public Schools Cancels Bus Routes After Drivers Call In Sick
Indianapolis Public Schools remained open, but students unable to get to them because of no buses were not marked absent.
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2020
IPS Says Charter Schools USA Not Helping Transition Donnan, Howe & Manual Out Of Takeover
Leaders at Indianapolis Public Schools say the private company operating three of its former schools under a soon-to-end state intervention is preventing a smooth transition of the schools back to district control by this summer.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2020
IPS Admin Urges Restart Of Schools 48, 67 -- Principal, Parents Protest Plan
Indianapolis Public Schools' administration wants to remove the leaders of two failing schools and replace them with independent operators because students struggled for too many years without academic results on par with other city schools.
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2020
School 67 Parents, Teachers Fight IPS Restart Plan
Dozens of angry staff and family members of students from a Near Westside school spoke out at the Indianapolis Schools Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday.
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2020
IPS Wins Back Donnan, Howe & Manual After 8 Years Of State Takeover
Three Indianapolis schools under state takeover will be returned to their former home district after the State Board of Education today reversed a decision and denied a private manager's intent to seek charter authorization for the schools.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2020
IPS OKs Contract For Christel House To Run Manual High School But State Ed Board Must Agree
Indianapolis Public Schools Board on Saturday approved plans for three former schools under state intervention, in anticipation Indiana officials will agree next week to return the schools to district control.
Read MoreJanuary 8, 2020
IPS Would Close TC Howe If State Returns High School To District
Thomas Carr Howe Community High School will close this summer if state officials approve a proposal from Indianapolis Public Schools to return the Eastside 7-12 grade school to its former district.
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