The Pike Township candidates will seek to stabilize the district after a tumultuous year that included staff protests and declining test scores.

After 24 years working in Pike Township Schools, Larry Young is set to become the new superintendent with a proposed $257,000 salary and benefits package.

Flora Reichanadter is no longer the superintendent of Pike Township Schools following months of parent and teacher criticism over her management of the district and concerns over teacher pay.

School districts across Indiana are reporting the highest number of staff and student COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

Two of Marion County’s 11 school districts have switched to remote learning for at least part of this week due to staff illnesses.

The Pike Township Schools district will continue remote learning for the first week of January in response to staff illnesses.

A ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court has expanded the limited number of people who are eligible to recover damages in lawsuits alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Pike Township Schools and its teachers union agreed on a new contract following months of strife between parents, teachers and the district leaders.

Teachers at Pike Township say they no longer support the superintendent even as the union and district leaders reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.

Around 2,700 community members have signed a petition calling on Pike Township School district’s Superintendent Flora Reichanadter to resign.