Gary Community School Corporation

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Gary Community School Corporation
Gary Community School Corporation logo.PNG
Address
900 Gerry Street
, Indiana , 46406
United States
District information
Type Public
GradesPreK–12 [1]
Established1909;115 years ago (1909)
SuperintendentDr. Paige McNulty
NCES District ID 1803870 [1]
Students and staff
Students4,770 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers280.98 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Staff300.0 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio16.98:1 [1]
Other information
Website garycsc.k12.in.us

Gary Community School Corporation serves most students who reside in Gary, Indiana.

Contents

History

In 2017, Gary Community Corp became the first school system in Indiana involved in a state takeover. Control of the district was transferred from the elected school board and appointed school superintendent to the State of Indiana's Distressed Unit Appeals Board, which placed MGT Consulting and Emergency Fiscal Manager Peggy Hinckley in charge of managing the district. [2] Gary school board President Rosie Washington was quoted as saying "We Have No Power", in the context of the state's takeover. [3] In November 2018, it was discovered that former Indiana Superintendent Tony Bennett, who directed policies that led to the state takeover, has an ownership stake in the for-profit company selected to manage the takeover with the potential to earn $11.4 million. [4] [5]

School uniforms

All GCSC students from pre-Kindergarten through the 12 grade are required to wear school uniforms. [6] Starting the 2007-2008 Academic School year, all schools will follow the new "school uniform" policy. The school uniform policy varies for school and grade level, such as color.

Schools

All schools are located in Gary.

Gary Community School Corporation, which operates most of the public schools in the city proper.

Traditional high schools:

Middle schools:

Elementary schools:

Early childhood centers:

Ungraded:

Former schools

High schools

SchoolYear closed
Emerson High School 2008
Horace Mann High School2004
Lew Wallace High School 2014 [lower-alpha 1]
Martin Luther King Jr. Academy 2018
Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy 2020
William A Wirt Senior High School2009

Middle schools

SchoolYear closed
Alfred Beckman Middle School2005
Bailly Middle School
Casimir Pulaski Junior High School2014
Dunbar-Pulaski Middle School2015
Thomas A. Edison Middle School2003
Tolleston Middle School2010

Elementary schools

SchoolYear closedNotes
Aetna Elementary School2005
Alain L Locke Elementary School2006 [lower-alpha 2]
Ambridge Elementary School2010
Arthur P. Melton Elementary School2006
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School2008
Black Oak Elementary2001 [lower-alpha 3]
Brunswick Elementary School2016
Daniel Webster Elementary School2016
Dr Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys2018
Ernie Pyle Elementary School2010
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy for Girls2012 [lower-alpha 4]
George Washington Carver School2006
Grissom Elementary School2014
Horace S. Norton Elementary School2006
Ivanhoe Elementary School2010
Jacques Marquette Elementary School2021
James Whitcomb Riley Elementary School2005
Jefferson Elementary School2018
John H Vour Elementary2010
Kennedy King Elementary School2009Now Gary Middle School
George Kuny Elementary School2010
M C Bennett Holiness School2004
New Technical Innovative Institute Elementary School2018
Nobel Elementary School2006
School For Life Ministries2014
Spaulding Elementary School2005

See also

Notes

  1. Demolished in 2022
  2. Later converted into Frankie Woods McCullough Academy
  3. Demolished August 2017
  4. Moved locations

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