At one Lawrence Township school, a national nonprofit group has helped coordinate grief counseling for students and donations of clothes and shoes to families.
For seven years, the school has received support from Communities in Schools (or CIS), a national nonprofit that brings community resources into schools through school site coordinators. As Lawrence Township schools recover from the pandemic, the assistance Richardson coordinates as the CIS liaison has come in many forms.
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The Decatur High Ability Academy will launch in the next school year, and will exclusively serve high-ability students who officials say are often overlooked.
Decatur High Ability Academy will be the first innovation school in Marion County outside of Indianapolis Public Schools. Unlike many IPS innovation schools, it won’t be a charter.