Some IPS schools will close or merge. Here are the proposed changes

Caroline Beck, Indianapolis Star
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Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Alessia Johnson released the final draft of the “Rebuilding Stronger” plan on Tuesday night which proposes major district changes including closing certain schools and rebuilding others.

Under the "Rebuilding Stronger" plan, seven schools will either be closed or closed and then merged with another school as part of the district’s proposed plan. Four schools will be completely closed down while three other ones would be merged with an already existing facility.

School facilities closing:

  • Francis Bellamy School 102

  • George Buck School 94

  • Floro Torrence School 83

  • Raymond Brandes School 65

Families who were attending these schools would then receive enhanced priority enrollment for any other school within their new enrollment zones.

School facilities closing and merging:

  • Paul Miller School 114 facility would close and merge with Frederick Douglass School 19. The innovation contract with Super School 19 at Frederick Douglass would not be renewed after this school year.

  • Center for Inquiry School 2 facility would close and merge with the Washington Irving School 14 facility. The Innovation contract with Urban Act Academy would not renew after this school year and School 14 would house the CFI program.

  • Francis Parker School 56 facility would close but would move its Montessori program to the James Russell Lowell School 51 facility.

Each facility the plan proposes to close would stop providing instructional classes by the end of this school year.

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This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IPS Rebuilding Stronger plan: These Indianapolis schools could close