After years of low test scores, high staff turnover, and a short-lived turnaround plan, James Whitcomb Riley School 43’s community backers are taking matters into their own hands.
A group of advocates known as the Butler-Tarkington Education Committee has submitted their vision for James Whitcomb Riley School 43 and is working with IPS on a memorandum of understanding about how to overhaul the school.
The $10 million infusion will help create a 48-unit affordable apartment complex for low-income families and homeless young adults on the near-east side called St. Lucas Lofts.