Gary Community School Corporation is a school district headquartered in Gary, Indiana.
Gary Community School Corporation | |
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Address | |
900 Gerry Street
, Indiana, 46406United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | PreK–12[1] |
Established | 1909 |
Superintendent | Dr. Yvonne Stokes |
NCES District ID | 1803870 [1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 4,770 (2020–2021)[1] |
Teachers | 280.98 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
Staff | 300.0 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 16.98:1[1] |
Other information | |
Website | garycsc.k12.in.us |
The school district includes the majority of Gary.[2]
History
editIn 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
editAll 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
editAll 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:
- Gary Middle School
- Williams Annex - As of 2017[update] it is the sole school in the Gary CSC that only serves middle school[8]
Elementary schools:
- Benjamin Banneker Achievement Center
- Bailly Stem Academy
- 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
editHigh schools
editSchool | Year closed |
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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 Senior High School | 2009 |
Middle schools
editSchool | Year closed |
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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
editSchool | Year closed | Notes |
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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 Vour 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
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lake County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ Puente, Michael. "Struggling Gary Schools Open Under New Leadership — The State", WBEZ. August 17, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ McCollum, Carmen. "Gary school board members frustrated by their lack of power", The Times of Northwest Indiana. November 30, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ Carlson, Carole (November 27, 2018). "Former state school chief Bennett aligned with Gary schools manager". Post Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Uniforms Are Coming to The Middle Schools! Archived 2006-09-17 at the Wayback Machine" Gary Community School Corporation.
- ^ Home Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Williams Annex. Retrieved on February 5, 2017.
- ^ "Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine." Gary School Corporation. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
- ^ Scott, Louise. "Gary closes six schools at year's end." Gary Crusader. June 5, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.