Muncie Community Schools

Beginning next year, Indiana middle schoolers will take classes on civics and government previously only required in high school. Ball State University will help Hoosier teachers prepare, thanks to a multi-year, $1.3 million federal grant. The plan is to model it in Muncie, then roll it out statewide.

Muncie Community Schools is giving teachers what it calls the largest raise in the district’s history. The large pay bumps come from a district that was once considered financially distressed by state lawmakers.

According to a Muncie community activist, Eldred Jones has done what society says she shouldn’t be able to do – raise nine high-achieving Black children in Indiana.

Muncie Community Schools says it’s making 35,000 meals on some days to feed district students even while they’re learning from home. In a video…

A long-term plan on the districts financial viability and academic innovation is due to lawmakers in June 2020.

The head of Indianas State Board of Education will soon lead Muncie Community Schools. As IPRs Stephanie Wiechmann reports, district officials say theyve hired more than just a superintendent.

Next month, there will be no school emergency manager in Muncie for the first time in two years.

The district will partner with companies CareDox and Healthy Schools to provide free flu shots and vaccines.

German was phased out several years ago because of lack of interest. Now, this is French's last semester.

The state board overseeing the once-"distressed" district gave its approval for the loan request to move forward.