For more than two hours Wednesday night, parents, students, educators and alumni testified in support of three Indianapolis Public Schools in the midst of turnaround efforts.

The Indianapolis Public Schools took another step Thursday in its dramatic shift away from the traditional school district model to more collaboration with charter schools. Riverside School 44 will become Global Prep Academy, a Spanish and English immersion program. School 69 will become Kindezi Academy -- a program using online learning and classroom instruction created by the founders of Enlace Academy.

For the second year in a row, Indianapolis Public Schools expects to pay next year's bills by dipping into savings.

Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee says employees face possible discipline for waiting six days to report allegations a counselor was having sex with a student. However Ferebee himself learned of the allegations on Feb. 17, but also did not report them to the Indiana Department of Child Services.

An Indianapolis Public Schools guidance counselor faces child seduction charges for allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with two teenage students.

Indianapolis Public Schools is struggling to compete with charter, private and township schools in the battle to attract students. For the third year in a row, the city's largest district is bracing for yet another decline in enrollment.

The Indianapolis Public Schools Board had a big night Thursday.
Higher pay and longer contract was approved for Superintendent Lewis Ferebee. The three-year school leader gets a 6 percent raise and performance-based bonus that could ultimately bump his pay to $287,000 annually.

Superintendent Lewis Ferebee could receive a big pay bump and a two-year contract extension if the Indianapolis Public School Board approves a proposed change to his contract announced Friday.

Public hearings are expected to start next month on the future of four long-troubled schools under state intervention.

Two Indianapolis public elementary schools could be managed by private charter companies starting this fall in a proposal that mirrors the restart of a Fareastside school last year.