A community gathers today to start the formal farewell for a grade school principal, who was struck and killed by a school bus on Tuesday.  Visitation for Susan Jordan will be held today beginning at 2 p.m. on the north side at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. The church is located on West 86th Street, just […]

UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION ON COOPERATION BETWEEN GOV. MIKE PENCE & SUPT. GLENDA RITZ. In Day 3 of the ISTEP Crisis, Gov. Mike Pence called another Press Conference and stressed cooperation between himself and Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz. At the Wednesday Press Conference, carried live on Afternoons with Amos, the Governor stressed the […]

CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO SEE GRADES FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. 2013 A-F SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY GRADES FOR ALL INDIANA SCHOOLS   After delays over a scandal involving former Supt. Dr. Tony Bennett, and delays concerned the problems conducting the 2013 ISTEP tests online, the State Board of Education and the Indiana Department of Education have […]

In an exclusive interview Afternoons with Amos talked with the new Superintendent of the Lawrence Township Schools, Dr. Shawn A. Smith. Dr. Smith’s selection was officially announced Thursday, December 12th by the Lawrence Township School Board and he will assume his new duties January 1, 2014. Lawrence Township was the first district to hire an […]

Afternoons with Amos is the only Indianapolis media – print, radio or TV – to conduct in depth interviews with all the candidates running for School Board in the Indianapolis/Marion County districts with the largest enrollments of African-American students. Hear the views on candidates on education issues in the Washington Township, Lawrence Township, Warren Township, […]

In its first ever broadcast from Lawrence Township, Afternoons with Amos traveled to the McKinzie Center for Innovation and Technology, part of the Lawrence Township Schools. McKinzie offers a wide range of hands on courses in a variety of real world skills for high school students. Over 40% of students in Lawrence Central and North […]