A Sustainability Plan for the Indianapolis Near-Westside Community Schools Project

Abstract

From its inception, the Full-Service Community Schools project with Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center and five Indianapolis Public Schools of the Near-Westside has focused on the development of an infrastructure framework to sustain the community schools engagement for students, their families, and neighbors beyond the five years of the U.S. Department of Education funding cycle. Key anchor partners with MRNC, Christamore House, Hawthorne Community Center, and IUPUI, have served—and plan to continue to serve—as leaders in the engagement, coordination, and continuation of this collaborative, comprehensive, collective work. Specific roles and expectations for the foreseeable future by each are outlined in this document.