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Despite Ignite Achievement Academys challenges, the schools authorizer has allowed the school to continue operating as an independent charter school under a new name.

Ignite Achievement Academy was removed from Indianapolis Public Schools after low test scores. But the mayor’s office has let the school continue under a new name.

A local charter school is trying to find its footing after its contract to operate within Indianapolis Public Schools was not renewed. Ignite Achievement Academy is in the process of searching for a new building as it prepares to meet some ambitious student academic goals next school year.

A start-up charter school operator could be chosen as the new manager of Elder Diggs School 42, a long struggling elementary school set to lose its current manager this summer.

The IPS board voted Thursday to not renew the charter school agreement.

Indianapolis Public Schools leaders did not renew the contract for Ignite Achievement Academy to operate Elder Diggs School 42 due to multiple factors, including instability among teachers and low academic performance.

The schools board voted last week to fight efforts to close the school. The IPS board will vote on the agreement with Ignite Thursday.

IPS wants to end ties with Ignite Achievement Academy, citing its low test scores, enrollment, and staff retention rates, but parents want it to get a second chance.