GEO charter network to get a second chance in Indianapolis [View all]

The GEO Academies is returning to Indianapolis eight years after the mayor’s office sought to close one of their schools for poor performance — a conflict that eventually pushed the charter operator out of the city.

The Indiana Charter School Board voted 6-2 Friday afternoon to authorize the new school, which hopes to open its doors in 2020.

Indiana Black Expo recruited GEO, an Indianapolis-based network which runs charter schools in Gary and Louisiana. That nonprofit organization invited the school to co-locate at its far eastside headquarters, which will also house a youth performing arts academy. The organization’s leaders say they were drawn to GEO’s success in Gary with a model that allows students to take courses on college campuses while enrolled in high school.

GEO plans to open the high school in 2020-21 with about 150-200 freshman and grow to 600-800 students. It will be located in Indianapolis’ Warren Township school district boundaries.

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