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Children and teens are being shot at an alarming rate, Indianapolis Public Schools board members said at a November meeting.

Last month, at least five teenagers were shot and killed, including a 15-year-old gunned down in the parking lot of KIPP Indy Legacy High School. “We are at war,” IPS Board Vice President Angela Moore told officials. “We’re almost at the point where we have more students lost than we have at graduation ceremonies.” 

This brief is adapted from notes taken by Documenter Cassandra Pulido, who covered the November Indianapolis Public Schools Board meeting. Read more about what happened here. Want to join Documenters? Learn more here.

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Gun violence hits crisis point for Indy students: ‘We are at war’

by Indy Documenters, Mirror Indy
November 16, 2023

<h1>Gun violence hits crisis point for Indy students: ‘We are at war’</h1> <p class="byline">by Indy Documenters, Mirror Indy <br />November 16, 2023</p> <p>Children and teens are being shot at an alarming rate, Indianapolis Public Schools board members said at a November meeting. </p> <p>Last month, at least five teenagers <a href="https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/indianapolis-family-mourns-as-sisters-were-killed-by-gun-violence-just-years-apart" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">were shot and killed</a>, including a 15-year-old gunned down in the <a href="https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/teenager-shot-outside-kipp-indy-high-school-impd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">parking lot of KIPP Indy Legacy High Schoo</a>l. “We are at war,” IPS Board Vice President Angela Moore told officials. “We’re almost at the point where we have more students lost than we have at graduation ceremonies.” </p> <p><em>This brief is adapted from notes taken by Documenter Cassandra Pulido, who covered the November Indianapolis Public Schools Board meeting. Read more about what happened <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1okMDSMeixbqJWE4XTilBalp4ntRyOJeH2qt-VsYY8pM/edit">here</a>. Want to join Documenters? Learn more </em><a href="https://mirrorindy.org/become-a-documenter/"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/gun-violence-indianapolis-students/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=2683&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/gun-violence-indianapolis-students/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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