Amelia Pak-Harvey

Amelia Pak-Harvey

Reporter, Chalkbeat Indiana

Amelia Pak-Harvey is a Reporter for Chalkbeat Indiana. She previously worked as a city reporter for the Indianapolis Star, an education reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and an education reporter for the Lowell Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts. She graduated from Boston University and is originally from North Carolina.

The pilot program, created by lawmakers earlier this year, would let independent boards oversee school facilities and transportation for all pilot participants.

The Margaret McFarland Learning Academy, previously known as the district’s ROOTS program, serves students with the most intensive needs.

Renovations to the former Forest Manor Middle School building are part of a new beginning for Andrew J. Brown Academy, which broke ties with a for-profit charter operator last year.

The resignation of the Irvington Community Schools board chair — and the vote to remove a second member from the board — follows heightened criticism from students, parents, and staff over conflicts of interest in the charter network’s search for a new CEO.

The announcement ends the legal battle over a state law that requires districts to give unused school buildings to interested charter schools for the sale or lease price of $1.

Roughly 70% of students passed the state’s IREAD exam at both IPS and charter schools.

The third meeting of the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance focused on the challenges of the different building arrangements based on school type.

The ILEA must make recommendations on improving transportation and facilities across both Indianapolis Public Schools and charter schools.