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Gary Community School Corporation
Address
900 Gerry Street
Gary
, Indiana, 46406
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
Established1909; 115 years ago (1909)
SuperintendentDr. Yvonne Stokes
NCES District ID1803870 [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
Websitegarycsc.k12.in.us

Gary Community School Corporation is a school district headquartered in Gary, Indiana.

The school district includes the majority of Gary.[2]

History

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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.[3] Gary school board President Rosie Washington was quoted as saying "We Have No Power", in the context of the state's takeover.[4] 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.[5][6]

School uniforms

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All GCSC students from pre-Kindergarten through the 12 grade are required to wear school uniforms.[7] 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

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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:

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  • Beveridge Elementary School
  • Glen Park Academy For Excellence In Learning
  • Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
  • Jacques Marquette Elementary School
  • Frankie W. McCullough Academy for Girls
  • Dr. Bernard C. Watson Academy for Boys
    • Dr. Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys, an all boys' zoned elementary school, opened in 2006 in the former Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School. McCullough Academy for Girls, an all girls' zoned elementary school, opened in the former David O. Duncan Elementary School in 2006. These schools served Dorie Miller Public Housing Development and Delaney Public Housing Development.[9] Watson was scheduled to close in 2014.[10]
  • Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School

Early childhood centers:

Ungraded:

Former schools

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High schools

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School Year closed
Emerson High School 2008
Horace Mann High School 2004
Lew Wallace High School 2014[a]
Martin Luther King Jr. Academy 2018
Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy 2020
William A. Wirt High School 2009

Middle schools

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School Year closed
Alfred Beckman Middle School 2005
Bailly Middle School —
Casimir Pulaski Junior High School 2014
Dunbar-Pulaski Middle School 2015
Thomas A. Edison Middle School 2003
Tolleston Middle School 2010

Elementary schools

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School Year closed Notes
Aetna Elementary School 2005
Alain L Locke Elementary School 2006[b]
Ambridge Elementary School 2010
Arthur P. Melton Elementary School 2006
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School 2008
Black Oak Elementary 2001[c]
Brunswick Elementary School 2016
Daniel Webster Elementary School 2016
Dr Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys 2018
Ernie Pyle Elementary School 2010
Frankie Woods McCullough Academy for Girls 2012[d]
George Washington Carver School 2006
Grissom Elementary School 2014
Horace S. Norton Elementary School 2006
Ivanhoe Elementary School 2010
Jacques Marquette Elementary School 2021
James Whitcomb Riley Elementary School 2005
Jefferson Elementary School 2018
John H. Vohr Elementary 2010
Kennedy King Elementary School 2009 Now Gary Middle School
George Kuny Elementary School 2010
M C Bennett Holiness School 2004
New Technical Innovative Institute Elementary School 2018
Nobel Elementary School 2006
School For Life Ministries 2014
Spaulding Elementary School 2005

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Gary Community School Corp". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lake County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Puente, Michael. "Struggling Gary Schools Open Under New Leadership — The State", WBEZ. August 17, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  4. ^ McCollum, Carmen. "Gary school board members frustrated by their lack of power", The Times of Northwest Indiana. November 30, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Carlson, Carole (November 27, 2018). "Former state school chief Bennett aligned with Gary schools manager". Post Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  6. ^ Carden, Dan (October 15, 2017). "Emergency manager firm running Gary schools can earn $11.4 million in next three years". Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  7. ^ "Uniforms Are Coming to The Middle Schools! Archived 2006-09-17 at the Wayback Machine" Gary Community School Corporation.
  8. ^ Home Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Williams Annex. Retrieved on February 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine." Gary School Corporation. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
  10. ^ Scott, Louise. "Gary closes six schools at year's end." Gary Crusader. June 5, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
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