Ind. Board Set to Vote on School Takeover Plan

Approval of the first state takeover of troubled public schools in Indiana is set for a vote by the State Board of Education.

The board is scheduled to vote Monday on a proposal by the state schools chief that the state assume control of four troubled high schools and a middle school that have seen years of low test scores.

State school superintendent Tony Bennett announced last week that would recommend state takeover of Arlington, Howe and Manual high schools and a middle school in Indianapolis and Roosevelt High School in Gary. School management companies would evaluate the schools for a year and run them starting with the 2012-13 academic year.

Indianapolis Public Schools officials have threatened to sue to stop the takeovers of Arlington and Howe high schools.