South Bend Community Schools Board

An Indiana law requires public schools to give underutilized buildings to interested charter schools for $1, but South Bend school board members say hundreds of students use the former Clay High building daily.

Career Academy hopes to move into the former Clay High School in 2028, while the South Bend School Board considers its options for keeping the building.

St. Joseph Superior Judge Mark Telloyan, a Republican, has ordered South Bend Community Schools to give the former Clay High building to businessman Larry Garatoni's Career Academy charter school.

The St. Joseph County Clerk’s Office is reassuring voters that their ballots are correct, after an apparent map discrepancy caused confusion with the South Bend School Board ballot.

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.

The Forever Learning Institute will hold summer classes at former Clay High School after SBCSC approved a short-term facility agreement Monday.

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 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.