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.

Two of Indiana's charter school authorizers will hold virtual meetings this week.

A free 45-minute webinar set for 4 p.m. Monday will focus on what parents can do for their own mental-health and to take care of themselves.

Lessons for Indianapolis Public Schools students in grades K8 will be televised in partnership with MyINDY-TV 23 as part of a strategy to teach children at home during the pandemic.

The state's largest school district, Indianapolis Public Schools, begins its remote learning plan Thursday. It will be the first day of learning since March 12, when the Indianapolis Mayor ordered all public schools to close amidst the surging coronavirus pandemic.