ELKHART — A former Concord High School teacher faces multiple sex-crime charges involving students.

ELKHART — With graduation just weeks away for local high schools, education leaders share a goal of returning commencement ceremonies as close as possible to a more traditional approach.

DUNLAP — Class moved outdoors for a group of local fourth-graders on Friday as they picked up some first-hand experience in meteorology.

ELKHART — A Concord Community Schools teacher accused of making “inappropriate comments of a sexual nature” has been placed on leave and faces termination, school officials said Thursday.

ELKHART — Teachers expressed their appreciation Wednesday after hearing that Meijer pharmacy in Goshen would partner with three local school corporations to administer COVID-19 vaccines to all school employees.

DUNLAP — The Concord School Board has approved a resolution asking that Gov. Eric Holcomb prioritize teachers and district employees for COVID-19 vaccinations by moving them up to Phase 1 eligibility.

ELKHART — Concord Community Schools will allow students to return to the classroom four days a week starting in March, school officials announced Thursday.

ELKHART — Graduation rates have climbed statewide in Indiana and for most schools in Elkhart County, according to recently released information from the Indiana Department of Education.

ELKHART — Concord High School’s annual holiday performance will go on virtually this year, a show that program leaders say will be a blast from the past – and present.

DUNLAP — Concord Community Schools spread Christmas cheer with a twist this year.

ELKHART — All students at Concord Community Schools will return to a hybrid model next week due to a high number of COVID-19 cases in the district, school officials announced on Thursday.

DUNLAP — Secondary students at Concord Community Schools will return to a hybrid instruction model next week for the remainder of the semester due to widespread COVID-19 cases, officials said.

DUNLAP — Concord school board has approved a $64.2 million budget for 2021, a spending plan that will now go to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance for review.

ELKHART — Four Concord Community Schools buildings were placed on lockout for a short time Thursday as police officers investigated a nearby armed robbery.

DUNLAP — Concord Community Schools officials and guests celebrated the launch of one building project Tuesday and the completion of another.

DUNLAP — Concord Community Schools will be transitioning to in-person classes four days per week next month, school officials announced.

ELKHART — Nearly 30 candidates are vying for over a dozen seats on the boards of seven public school corporations in Elkhart County for the Nov. 3 election.

DUNLAP — When Concord High School teacher Madison Miller found out she would have to self-quarantine for 14 days after her brother tested positive for COVID-19, she was barely fazed.

ELKHART — The face masks may have hidden their smiles, but the excitement in their voices could still be heard as students at Concord West Side Elementary headed back to class for the first day of school Wednesday morning.

DUNLAP — For Vanessa Velie, returning to her classroom at Concord East Side Elementary School in August after a six-month hiatus would be ideal.

DUNLAP — Concord Community Schools officials have decided against offering full-time, in-person instruction in the fall making the district the second in the area to follow this approach.

DUNLAP — An Elkhart native and Concord High School alumnus has been selected to serve as a member of the Concord School Board.

DUNLAP — Concord Community Schools board is seeking a new board member after the untimely death of longtime board member Randy Myers.

DUNLAP — After some contention transpired over Concord Community Schools’ decision to hold a virtual graduation commencement, school officials have now developed a new plan to hold in-person ceremonies.

DUNLAP — Concord Community Schools officials may reconsider their decision to hold a virtual graduation ceremony after several parents and students expressed their disapproval of the move.

DUNLAP — The COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for the cancellation of several events, but administrators at Concord Community Schools refused to let it stop them from celebrating their teachers and graduating seniors on Thursday afternoon.

DUNLAP — Concord High School is moving forward with plans to hold an in-person commencement, school leaders announced at Monday’s school board meeting.

DUNLAP — Concord Community Schools has a new top administrator.

ELKHART — Ways school corporations are addressing teacher shortages and the future of education were among topics discussed Thursday morning at a “Breakfast with Superintendents” forum.

For the sixth consecutive year, Concord East Side Elementary has been granted the Family Friendly Schools designation by the Indiana Department of Education.

DUNLAP — Concord School board held a public forum Monday to gather input from faculty, parents and community stakeholders regarding the search for the district’s new superintendent.

DUNLAP — The “weight” is almost over for Concord High School’s new $5 million fitness and performance center.

It’s August which means it’s almost time for local students to wave goodbye to summer break as the new school year approaches.

ELKHART — Local school districts are offering pay raises and other incentives to combat an ongoing shortage of bus drivers.

DUNLAP — Concord Community Schools got the ball rolling on a construction project to expand and improve the Beickman Performing Arts Center.

SOUTH BEND— For the first year, Concord High School’s graduating seniors formed a sea of green inside the University of Notre Dame’s Purcell Pavilion for commencement on Thursday night.

School is almost out for summer break, but school meals won’t stop.

DUNLAP — Students at Concord South Side Elementary School gathered in a circle on their grassy playground Friday morning with their eyes glued to the rainy blue sky.

DUNLAP— Third-graders at Concord East Side Elementary School weren’t without homework over spring break.

DUNLAP — Students at Ox Bow Elementary School were running the hallways like they were on a track Monday afternoon, but no one got in trouble.