The School Launch Fellowship provides leaders with support to grow an existing charter school network, the Mind Trust said in a press release.Īmelia Pak-Harvey covers Indianapolis and Marion County schools for Chalkbeat Indiana. The Mind Trust, which helps establish Indianapolis charters, recently selected leaders from both Circle City Prep and Adelante - as well as Girls IN STEM and PPHS - for fellowships. Other charter schools also have long-term expansion plans.Ĭircle City Prep, which plans to grow to K-8 next year, expressed interest in using the closed IPS Francis Bellamy School 102 as its second location.Īdelante Schools, which operates an IPS Innovation Network charter in the Emma Donnan Elementary and Middle School building, also expressed interest in expanding to a second campus at the closed IPS Raymond Brandes School 65. More charter schools planned for 2025 and beyondīelieve Circle City High School, which won approval from the Indianapolis Charter School Board last year to expand to a second location, also plans on expanding to another campus in 2025.įounder Kimberly Neal-Brannum told Chalkbeat Indiana in June that the school is still interested in the west side of Indianapolis because that is where the majority of its families come from. Paramount did not respond to a request for comment on its new location. The school plans to grow to a capacity of 325 students in the next several years, according to its application. Paramount currently has three campuses in Indianapolis and an online academy that is part of IPS’ Innovation Network of autonomous schools. Girls IN STEM Academy, operated by Paramount Schools of Excellence, also plans to open a K-8 school for girls in 2024 in the midtown area of Indianapolis near Broad Ripple. Paramount’s new charter to focus on science, math PPHS declined to comment on its new location. The school plans to grow to 500 students by its seventh year of operation, according to its original application. PPHS West initially planned to open in 2023, but delayed its start as it looked for an appropriate facility. But the Indianapolis Charter School Board denied the application after intense community pushback last year. Purdue Polytechnic, or PPHS, initially applied with the mayor’s Office of Education Innovation, another charter authorizer, to open its third Indianapolis campus in Pike Township. The school also hopes to provide a “high-quality high school option” and a pipeline for students to attend Purdue University. The school plans to to be a high school option for students seeking a smaller school on the west side, which lacks high school options, the school said in its application. Purdue Polytechnic High School, which has two campuses in Indianapolis and one in South Bend, also plans to open on the city’s west side after another charter authorizer rejected its plans to expand in Pike Township. ‘High-quality high school’ coming from Purdue Polytechnic Matchbook did not respond to a request for comment on its newest location. The school had initially proposed opening in 2022 or 2023, but delayed its start date as it tried to find a facility. The Matchbook College, Career, and Technical Institute will serve grades 9-12 and up to 10 adult students after several years, growing to a total enrollment of 280, according to its original application. Department of Energy to help transform warehouses in that area into a career center. The school recently announced a $5 million grant it received from the U.S. Matchbook Learning, a national charter operator that runs Wendell Phillips School 63 as part of Indianapolis Public Schools’ “restart” charter turnaround effort, plans to open a career and technical high school on the city’s west side. Matchbook Learning to open career and technical school
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