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The planetarium at Arlington Middle School has been left unused for years, collecting dust as a storage space full of chairs, keyboards, and boxes.
But if voters say yes to a $410 million ballot question in May, the abandoned gem — which was the first high school planetarium in Indiana when it was dedicated in 1965 — will be restored.
Indianapolis Public Schools’ proposed tax increase would pay for building improvements at Arlington and 22 other schools as the district rolls out its Rebuilding Stronger reorganization.
The plan also aims to create a more efficiently run district with better academic offerings, close six schools, and offer specialized academic programming at others.
