INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue Polytechnic High School announced its second charter school will open in the summer of 2019 in Broad Ripple. The STEM-focused innovative high school will occupy a 12,400-square-foot building at 1405 Broad Ripple Ave., formerly home to the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF). Following minor renovations, the second location of Purdue Polytechnic High School will open in July with an inaugural class of up to 150 freshmen for the 2019-2020 school year.
The building will be owned and operated by Indianapolis-based Keystone, and will serve as a temporary location for Purdue Polytechnic High School while a permanent facility in Broad Ripple is secured in partnership with Keystone.
Purdue Polytechnic High School opened its first Indianapolis charter school in 2017, and today has more than 250 freshman and sophomore students in its downtown Indianapolis location at the Circle Centre Mall. The school’s second location was approved by Indianapolis’ Charter School Board in June 2018 based on the success of its downtown campus, unique teaching model and demonstrated community support for an innovative school in Broad Ripple.
Keeanna Warren will serve as the founding principal for the second location of Purdue Polytechnic High School. She previously worked with the Excel Center in the Meadows neighborhood since 2013 and was school director from February 2015 to July 2017. She began her career teaching fifth grade at the Andrew J. Brown Academy charter school and Washington Township’s Nora Elementary School.
Purdue Polytechnic High School is a tuition-free public charter high school. Interested applicants should visit https://pphs.purdue.edu/apply.