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The Indiana Public Schools Conference in Indiana

The Indianapolis Public Schools Athletic Conference was an athletic conference consisting of high schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district. The demise of the conference came in 2018, as four of the seven remaining schools closed in a span of two years, leaving only three schools left, one of which (Howe) is a charter school, and another (Manual) under state control (IPS has stated those two schools will close if returned to school board control). [1] Instead, those two schools joined the Greater Indianapolis Conference, leaving George Washington as an independent. [2]

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Membership

SchoolMascotColorsYear JoinedPrevious ConferenceYear LeftConference Joined
Indianapolis
Broad Ripple
Rockets  1927Independents2018none (school closed)
Indianapolis
Manual
Redskins  1927Independents2018 Greater Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Shortridge
1
Blue Devils  1927Independents1981school closed
Indianapolis
Washington
2, 3
Continentals  1927
1941
2003
none (new school)
South Central
none (school reopened)
1937
1995
2018
South Central
none (school closed)
Independents
Indianapolis
Howe
2
Hornets  1938
2003
none (new school)
none (school reopened)
1995
2018
none (school closed)
Greater Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks
Tigers  1955
2003
Independents
none (school reopened)
1986
2009
none (school closed)
Pioneer
Indianapolis
Wood
Woodchucks  1955none (new school)1978none (school closed)
Indianapolis
Arsenal Tech
Titans  1960 North Central 2013Independents
(NCC 2015)
Indianapolis
Arlington
Golden Knights  1961none (new school)2018none (school closed)
Indianapolis
Northwest
Space Pioneers   1963none (new school)2018none (school closed)
Indianapolis
Marshall
4
Patriots   1967
2009
none (new school)
none (school reopened)
1986
2017
none (school closed)
none (school closed)
  1. Shortridge was closed as a high school between 1981 and 2009. When it reopened as a magnet school, instead of joining the IPS conference, the school joined the Pioneer Conference along with Attucks due to their smaller enrollments and specialized programs compared to other IPS schools.
  2. Howe and Washington were closed as high schools from 1995 to 2003.
  3. Washington played in the SCC from 1937 to 1943.
  4. Marshall was closed as a high school from 1986 to 2009, then reopened.

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References

  1. Weddle, Eric (2017-09-17). "IPS Board Votes to Close 3 High Schools, 1 Middle School". WFYI-21. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  2. "IHSAA Athletic Conferences". Indiana High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2018-08-26.