charter schools

Elkhart Community Schools hasn't announced when their board will vote on whether to transfer Osolo Elementary to Premiere Arts Academy for a charter school, but Premiere has told their parents the vote will happen July 14, and they're urging them to attend in full force.

Elkhart High School government teacher Linda Fine says letting Premiere Arts Academy use the newly closed Osolo Elementary property would let Elkhart Community Schools retain some of the new charter school's per-pupil state funding. But the district could still have to pay to maintain the building and would have no say over how the school is run.

A South Bend charter school is planning to close at the end of the school year. Purdue Polytechnic High Schools will relinquish the charter for its South Bend location, following the approval of its board of directors Wednesday.

Democrat Gabrianna Gratzol, planning to challenge Republican Sen. Linda Rogers in the November elections, says action is needed to improve public schools but removing locally elected school board members in South Bend is not the answer.

Granger Republican State Sen. Linda Rogers Thursday filed a bill, effective July 1, to replace the elected South Bend Community Schools board with one appointed by the governor-appointed Indiana Secretary of Education.

Government funding for private and charter schools will be the topic of an upcoming event hosted by South Bend NAACP. The forum scheduled for Saturday, September 6 will include discussions about recent legislation and the NAACP’s national call for a moratorium on new charter schools.

Unlike Indiana law requiring public schools to give their vacant buildings to charter schools, the corporation is receiving market value for the former Hay Elementary

The South Bend Community School Corp. has appealed the decision to the Indiana Board of Education

The South Bend school board next week will address a resolution about future uses for Clay High School.

The partnership between a traditional public school and a charter network is the first of its kind in St. Joseph County