IPS board declines to reverse superintendent’s decision to leave Enroll Indy website
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Board members for Indianapolis Public Schools declined to vote on whether to maintain the district’s association with the Enroll Indy platform Thursday, despite previously planning to do so. The…
The Indianapolis Public Schools board decided not to reverse Superintendent Aleesia Johnson’s decision to discontinue the Enroll Indy platform. This decision preserves the district’s move to an in-house registration system run by PowerSchool, which Johnson announced in September. The change aims to cut costs and benefit families, but critics argue it would cause confusion in the public school community.
The board's decision means families will no longer be able to review and enroll in schools on a single platform. Johnson's move will save the district over $300,000 in the first year, and the contract with Enroll Indy ended in June. Despite a request to vote on the decision, the board determined that any attempt to do so would violate its bylaws.
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