The Gibson-Pike-Warrick Special Education Cooperative was a three-county

Special Education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

Cooperative, based in

Oakland City, Indiana Oakland City is the third-largest city in Gibson County, Indiana, United States, after Princeton and Fort Branch. It is the site of Oakland City University. The population was 2,279 at the 2020 census. History Oakland City was laid out and platt ...

, that provides education for handicapped and special needs students in

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, and Warrick Counties in

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. It operated its own system of buses designed for handicapped children and teenagers independently of the school corporations. Starting in 2011, each school corporation, starting with Warrick County began assuming the function of the cooperative, essentially ending it. It was supported by the following

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s:
Gibson County
Office: 114 N. Grove St.

East Gibson School Corporation The East Gibson School Corporation is the smallest of the three public school governing institutions in Gibson County in both land area and student body with just over 1,000 students. The EGSC is responsible for a district including three towns ...

** Wood Memorial Jr./Sr. High School *

North Gibson School Corporation The North Gibson School Corporation is the second largest of the three public school governing institutions in Gibson County, Indiana, United States as well as one of the twenty largest in enrollment in Southwestern Indiana. The NGSC is respons ...

** Princeton Community Middle School **

Princeton Community High School Princeton Community High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Princeton, Indiana, Princeton, Indiana. The high school is a part of the North Gibson School Corporation. Until March 2016, the school operated a television statio ...

South Gibson School Corporation The South Gibson School Corporation is the largest of the three public school governing institutions in both enrollment and territory covered in Gibson County, Indiana as well as one of the ten largest in enrollment in Southwestern Indiana. The ...

** Fort Branch Community School **

Gibson Southern High School Gibson Southern High School is a public high school located in Fort Branch, Indiana. Academics Gibson Southern High School received the Indiana Four Star School Award for seven consecutive years. Athletics In 1974, Gibson Southern was original ...

Pike County
Office: 618 East Main St.

Petersburg, Indiana Petersburg is a city within Washington Township and the county seat of Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 2,383 at the 2010 census. Petersburg is part of the Jasper Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Petersburg w ...

Pike County School Corporation Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to: Fish * Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus'' * Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes * ''Esox'', genus of ...

** Pike Central Middle School **

Pike Central High School Pike Central High School is located in Petersburg, Indiana and is the only public high school in Pike County. It was formed in 1974 by the consolidation of Petersburg High School, Otwell High School, and Winslow High School. Athletics Pike ...

Warrick County Warrick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 63,898. The county seat is Boonville. It was organized in 1813 and was named for Captain Jacob Warrick, an Indiana militia company commander killed ...

- warrick county pulled out of the coop in 2011
Office: 600 East Gum St.

Boonville, Indiana Boonville is a city in Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States. The population was 6,246 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Warrick County. History Boonville was founded in 1818 and named for Jesse Boon, father o ...

Warrick County School Corporation The Warrick County School Corporation (WCSC) is the second largest public school-governing body in Southwestern Indiana and the 27th largest in Indiana.http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/TRENDS/top10.cfm It is responsible for providing education to ...

** Boonville Middle School ** Boonville High School ** Castle Middle School **

John H. Castle High School Castle High School, previously known as John H. Castle High School is a public high school located about a mile northeast of Newburgh, Indiana on Indiana 261. Castle is one of three high schools in the Warrick County School Corporation. Until ...

Tecumseh Junior – Senior High School Tecumseh Junior – Senior High School is a dual public high school and junior high school in Lynnville, Indiana. Its athletic nickname is the "Braves", and it participates in the Pocket Athletic Conference, although in 2007 the football prog ...

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