Charter board approves Victory College Prep middle and high school replications; high school vote 8-1

The Indianapolis Charter School Board approved two separate charter applications from Victory College Prep, authorizing (1) a standalone middle school and (2) a standalone high school. The vote on the middle-school charter was unanimous; the high-school charter passed 8–1 in a roll-call vote.

The votes formalize a planned reconfiguration of Victory College Prep (VCP), which currently operates a K–12 program at a single campus on the city’s southeast side. VCP told the board it purchased a second facility (the former Bethel Park elementary site) and plans to place the new high school there. VCP leaders said the two-site model will let staff specialize by grade band and expand enrollment from roughly 1,100 students today toward a system capacity of about 1,500 over several years.

VCP executives and school leaders described network-level preparation for the split. Executive Director Ryan Gall told the board the organization has been building hiring and operational models for…