Indianapolis Public Schools teamed up with a local and powerful charter operator in a last-minute attempt to save one of its former high schools under state takeover from becoming a charter school managed by an organization it opposes.

None of the parents of more than 400 Emma Donnan Elementary students attended a public meeting Monday evening organized by Indianapolis Public Schools about the southside school's future.

Earlier this year, Indiana education leaders made a plan to transition three schools out of state takeover and into independent charter schools.

The group, ReThink Forward Indiana, is acting on instructions from the State Board of Education to apply for charters to operate Emma Donnan Middle School, and Thomas Carr Howe and Emmerich Manual high schools.

Indianapolis Public Schools Board voted unanimously Thursday to not renew a contract with the for-profit operator of one of its innovation schools.

Some Indianapolis Public Schools teachers plan to be among the thousands expected to rally at the Indiana Statehouse Tuesday.

Some teachers will see their salaries go up by as much as $9,400 this year, a significant increase designed to account for years of recession-era pay freezes.

The school district says it has declared Nov. 19 a professional development day, in support of teachers planning to attend the Red for Ed Action Day.

The study by Public Impact, an education consulting group based in North Carolina, honed in on four elementary schools where IPS contracts with outside or charter operators as a turnaround strategy.

Police said that no students were injured when the Indianapolis Public Schools bus plowed into the side of a Cash America Pawn store, in the 5100 block of E. 16th Street Tuesday morning.