State of Higher Education Address

IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson said the district “fell short” for not informing parents that a teacher was under investigation by state officials.

Law enforcement agencies weren’t informed by the Department of Child Services nor the Indianapolis Public Schools that a teacher filmed and encouraged the alleged abuse of a second grader with disabilities by a classmate.

An Indianapolis Public Schools teacher allowed and encouraged the abuse of a 7-year-old second grader with disabilities in his classroom, according to a lawsuit.