South Bend Community School Corporation

South Bend Community School Corp. says Studebaker Youth Adult Services math teacher Angela Hardman is on paid leave while independent investigators investigate allegations that she's romantically involved with a former student.

The South Bend school superintendent is promising to change school culture and boost cultural competency with a new strategic plan.

The school board Wednesday agreed to recognize bilingual educational specialists and full-time building security staff as unions, represented by Teamsters Local 364.

Instructure, the company behind Canvas, says it temporarily took the system offline, after identifying "unauthorized activity.”

The Indiana State Board of Accounts on Monday released a Supplemental Compliance Report finding that school corporation policies and state laws were violated by the South Bend Community School Corp.'s financial management from 2022 to 2023.

The Indiana State Board of Accounts this week released the results of an audit finding the South Bend Community School Corp. under then-Superintendent Todd Cummings lacked federally required controls and review procedures for how money was spent and accounted for.

The South Bend Community School Corporation is looking to keep its chief financial officer in place. The school board Monday approved a contract extension for Ahnaf Tahmid, after community members voiced their support during public comment.

Paradise Valley Schools attorney Susan Segal told the board Cummings lied when he said he didn't receive a buyout in South Bend, and he violated many district policies and his contract during his three months on the job before he was placed on leave.

South Bend Community Schools board attorney Pete Agostino thanked Regina Williams-Preston, a former corporation teacher and administrator, for her past calls to look at subjectivity as a reason why Black students are punished disproportionately.

Granger Republican Sen. Linda Rogers Thursday announced she was pulling her bill to replace South Bend Community Schools' board with a state-appointed one this session, after it met overwhelming opposition at a committee hearing Wednesday.