Fort Wayne Community Schools
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The Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) corporation is the Fort Wayne, Indiana area public school district, and is the second largest in Indiana. It operates six high schools, eleven middle schools, and over thirty elementary schools, serving 31,815 students (about 3% of Indiana's K-12 population) in 2003-2004.[1] FWCS's current superintendent is Dr. Wendy Robinson. FWCS is divided into several departments, including Technology, Transportation, Curriculum, Continuing Education, Food Services, and Communications.
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The FWCS Board of School Trustees serves as the district's governing and fiscal body, and its meetings are open to the public in the Grile Administrative Center in downtown Fort Wayne and broadcast on local cable channel LTV-54. The School Board approves the FWCS tax rate and any borrowing that will be paid off by property taxes. Current FWCS board members include Pamela Martin-Diaz, Rebecca Hill, Michelle "Mitch" Shephard, John Peirce, Steve Corona, Mark GiaQuinta, and Kevin Brown.
On April 23, 2007, the School Board voted to fight a remonstrance by property tax payers in the FWCS district opposing a $500 million Facilities Improvement Plan. The organization Code Blue Schools led the remonstrance. Remonstrance petitions were submitted to the Allen County Auditor on July 1, 2007. Those against the $500 million bond issue submitted over 33,000 signatures, in contrast with the 11,000 signatures collected in favor of the bond issue.
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As well as offering public education during the day, FWCS offers continuing education classes and events that meet in its buildings in the evenings and on weekends.
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- Anthis Career Center
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