Nine candidates are vying for four open seats on the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of School Commissioners. Hear from them at this forum hosted by Chalkbeat Indiana and WFYI.

Here are six changes at Indianapolis Public Schools that could affect families.

Elizabeth Krutz, previously principal of LaPorte Middle School, will lead the Riverside neighborhood school following the expected approval by the school board later this month.

The deadline to file to run for Indianapolis Public School Board was last week, and three incumbent board members are not running for re-election.

WFYI confirmed this breakdown in communication goes against DCS policy. Child protective staff are supposed to report substantiated claims of abuse or neglect involving a licensed teacher in the course of their employment or on school grounds to the Indiana Secretary of Education.

More than 30 seats across Marion County school boards are on the ballot in the Nov. 5 general election.

The 7-year-old student described several incidents when the teacher allowed or encouraged other children to hit him, according to an affidavit.

IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson said the district “fell short” for not informing parents that a teacher was under investigation by state officials.

Law enforcement agencies weren’t informed by the Department of Child Services nor the Indianapolis Public Schools that a teacher filmed and encouraged the alleged abuse of a second grader with disabilities by a classmate.

An Indianapolis Public Schools teacher allowed and encouraged the abuse of a 7-year-old second grader with disabilities in his classroom, according to a lawsuit.