The deal is contingent on whether the district can successfully petition the city to rezone the property for special commercial use.

Many of the pieces of art, some of which date back to the 1890s, once hung in IPS schools that are now closed.

Examples from D.C. and Denver could serve as potential solutions or cautionary tales as the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance crafts its recommendations.

The coalition of Indianapolis schools was one of three applicants approved for the pilot program that will start in the 2026-27 school year.

Advocates with Stand for Children Indiana, the IPS school board, RISE Indy, the IPS Parent Council, and the Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America have suggested changes in governance, accountability, and funding for the city’s public schools.

The requests from the IPS school board include retaining an elected board, a moratorium on new schools, and a rejection of a future all-charter school system.

Michael O’Connor of Bose Public Affairs Group announced last week that the ILEA will split into two task forces focused on transportation and facilities.

The Chicago-based, legal-themed charter school aims to be close to Indianapolis’ business community.

The vote to make the school on the near eastside available to charters for $1 comes as a state-mandated group examines how IPS and charter schools can use facilities more efficiently.

In the group’s fourth meeting to discuss transportation, traditional public school advocates called for a democratically elected school board to retain control of bus services. Others called for bus service for all schools.