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Warren Township district seeks tax hike to cover initiatives once COVID aid expires

February 24, 2023 | Amelia Pak-Harvey, Chalkbeat Indiana

The Warren Township district is asking voters for an $88 million property tax increase over eight years, in part to maintain the support it received from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding that the state says must be spent by the end of 2024.

Warren Township closing 2 schools

March 18, 2010

The Warren Township School Board has voted to shut down Heather Hills and Morehead elementary schools at the end of the school
year as part of a plan to slash $4 million from the system’s budget. The board will vote April 1 on a redistricting
plan for the affected students. Forty jobs within the district, which is in eastern Marion County, will also be cut, including
many coaching positions.

Report says townships fail to disperse emergency help taxpayers are funding

March 21, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

The January report by poverty- and homelessness-focused service providers, titled “Marion County Township Trustees: Opportunities Seized; Opportunities Missed,” is the result of a yearlong investigation.

Lawrence Township teachers and administrators to receive raises

November 14, 2024 | Amelia Pak-Harvey, Chalkbeat Indiana

The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township will lift pay for its roughly 1,000 teachers and its administrators.

Charter schools could get property tax money if Pike Township referendum passes

May 1, 2024 | Eric Weddle, WFYI

The change is the result of years of lobbying by charter school supporters, who say that all public school students should benefit from local property taxes that help pay for buildings.

School referendums for IPS, Speedway, Warren approved by voters

May 2, 2023 | Amelia Pak-Harvey, Chalkbeat Indiana

Three Marion County school districts had funding proposals on the ballot as voters headed to the polls Tuesday. And all three received approval.

Letter: No apologies from township schools

April 10, 2019

Prior to making broad generalizations around the need for “attention, engagement, and scrutiny,” it is important to ensure that all of the facts are in place.

Push for merging small Indiana townships nears House vote

February 4, 2018

Hundreds of Indiana’s least-populated townships face forced mergers with their neighbors in what would be the most significant overhaul of the local governments since a gubernatorial commission called for their elimination a decade ago.

Center Township trustee to list Mass Ave building

June 6, 2013

The township board in late May gave Trustee Eugene Akers permission to list the property, which has a five-story office building on 1-1/3 acres of land.

As city budget tightens, Center Township trustee has money to burn

April 4, 2013

IBJ SPECIAL REPORT: Center Township lowered its bank balance in 2012, to $6.7 million, but the biggest checks Trustee Eugene Akers wrote weren’t for emergency needs like food or shelter, the township’s main mission.

Students head back to class in Warren

August 2, 2010

It’s back to class today for nearly 12,000 students in Warren Township. The district is starting class at least a week
before most other schools in central Indiana. Educators say a money shortage is changing the way the district does business.
Warren is moving from a traditional calendar that includes some voluntary year-round schools using what’s known as a
blended schedule. In it, students go nine weeks on and take two weeks off. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

Lawrence Township exploring fire department merger

November 17, 2009

A Lawrence Township trustee is proposing to merge the township’s fire department with the Indianapolis Fire Department,
in an attempt to further reduce its operating deficit.

Township jobs offer benefits, money for little work

February 23, 2009

Just like Willie Sutton, who liked to rob banks because that’s where the money was, I’m going to get myself a job in township government because, "There is gold in them thar hills."

Assessor referendum sweeps Marion townships

November 5, 2008

Voters in eight Marion County townships overwhelmingly opted to consolidate duties of their local assessors and transfer the duties to the county assessor. Warren Township had the lowest affirmative count, 57 percent, while Washington had the highest, 70 percent. Results of the referendum question, “Should the assessing duties of the elected township assessor in the […]

Residents to decide fate of township assessors

November 3, 2008

In this election, citizens must decide whether the assessing duties of the elected township assessor in the township should
be transferred to the county assessor.

Community education keeping up with business: Lawrence Township, other districts making classes more convenient

January 14, 2008

Thirteen years ago, long before the current commotion over escalating property taxes in Marion County, a local public school superintendent became embroiled in a similar uproar. Residents of Lawrence Township in 1994 challenged former district leader Bernard McKenzie to rein in what they perceived as excessive spending of taxpayer funds. He responded by creating the Lawrence Township Community Education Program as a testament to the citizens and their support. Today, it has grown to serve about 6,000 people annually and…

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