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Township schools in Marion County, Indiana
Thousands of students attend township school districts across Marion County, Indiana. What challenges do they face? How are schools providing for them? Here is the latest news from those schools.
Shenia Suggs has worked in the school district on the west side of Indianapolis for more than 30 years. She will take over as superintendent in January when outgoing Superintendent Jeff Butts leaves.
Changes this school year require information on fetal development in sex education and mandate the elimination of required DEI trainings for teachers.
The City-County Council is weighing a longer curfew after recent gun violence that left five teenagers dead. Eleven local superintendents said the proposal ‘is not about punishment — it’s about prevention.’
Preschools are increasing their rates as Indiana makes significant cuts to its On My Way PreK program.
Schools received a modest increase in the state budget. But Marion County education leaders are still trying to figure out what sweeping changes to local property taxes will mean.
The program helps teachers educated outside the U.S. get certified in Indiana. It also aims to reduce underemployment among immigrants
A federal Teacher and School Leader grant was supposed to provide more than $5 million in bonuses over three years to Perry teachers until it was eliminated through Trump administration cuts targeting DEI.
The westside district voted to repeal it in response to anti-DEI directives from Gov. Mike Braun and President Donald Trump.
Students with disabilities at Perry Meridian High School and Rosa Parks Elementary were repeatedly subject to violence from other students, the lawsuits state.
Lawmakers are discussing raising the minimum teacher salary from the state’s current mandate of $40,000. Nearly all Marion County school districts offer at least $50,000.
Officials say the community has made clear the need for a small school. Craig Prep will have an Afrocentric focus in a district where roughly 45% of the district’s students are Black.
The paid apprenticeships through EmployIndy could serve as a roadmap of what’s to come for other Indiana high schoolers.
Broad Ripple Middle School opened this year as part of Rebuilding Stronger, the IPS restructuring plan. But the change led some families to leave.