Gary Community School Corporation

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

The school district includes the majority of Gary.

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

School uniforms

All GCSC students from pre-Kindergarten through the 12th grade are required to wear school uniforms. 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 operates most of the public schools in the city proper.

High schools:

• West Side Leadership Academy

Middle schools:

• Bailly STEM Academy

Elementary schools:

• Benjamin Banneker
• Glen Park Academy For Excellence In Learning
• Frankie W. McCullough Elementary School (formerly McCullough Academy for Girls)
• Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School

Early childhood centers:

• Mary McLeod Bethune

Ungraded:

• Gary Area Career Center

Former schools

• Thomas Jefferson
• Jacques Marquette Elementary School
• 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. Watson was scheduled to close in 2014.
• Williams Annex - As of 2017[update] it was the sole school in the Gary CSC that only served middle school

Former schools

High schools

Thomas A. Edison High School 1968

Tolleston High School 1969

Middle schools

Elementary schools

See also

• Gary Charter Schools
• Lake Ridge Schools Corporation
• Education in Gary, Indiana

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