Overview

• An employee discovered at about 5:25 a.m. Tuesday that roughly 20 to 25 catalytic converters had been stolen from Michigan City Area Schools buses at the district’s transportation facility.
• MCAS canceled in-person classes Tuesday, returned elementary students to classrooms Wednesday, and kept middle and high school students on synchronous eLearning.
• Loaner buses from Elkhart, La Porte, Merrillville, New Prairie, South Central, and Warsaw districts are enabling a full in-person schedule on Thursday, Aug. 21, and Friday, Aug. 22.
• Michigan City police asked anyone with information to contact Cpl. Adam Brinkman at 219-874-3221 ext. 1088 or [email protected].
• Officials note converters can fetch about $500 to $900 each for scrap, and the theft disrupted the district of roughly 5,000 students during its fifth day of school.