Gary Community School Corporation serves most students who reside in Gary,

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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

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, 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 12 grade are required to wear

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s. 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, which operates most of the public schools in the city proper. Traditional high schools: *

West Side Leadership Academy West Side Leadership Academy is a four-year (9-12) public school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States. Notable alumni * Jason Johnson, former NFL player * Jon'Vea Johnson, NFL player * Lonnie Johnson Jr., N ...

Middle schools: * Williams Annex - it is the sole school in the Gary CSC that only serves middle school Elementary schools:
Benjamin Banneker Achievement Center
*Bailly Stem Academ

*Glen Park Academy For Excellence In Learning

*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. Watson was scheduled to close in 2014.Scott, Louise.
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''. June 5, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015. *Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School Early childhood centers:
Mary McLeod Bethune Early Childhood Development Center
Ungraded: *

Gary Area Career Center The Gary Area Career Center is a career and technical education (CTE) school governed by the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area ...

Former schools

7-12: *

William Merritt Chase Alternative School William Merritt Chase Alternative School is a six-year (7-12) alternative school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States. History William Merritt Chase Alternative School, named after William Merritt Chase ...

High: * Thomas A. Edison High School * Friedrich Froebel High School * Martin Luther King Jr. Academy * Horace Mann High School * Theodore Roosevelt High School *

Tolleston High School Tolleston is a neighborhood and former town in west-central Gary, Indiana. It is situated south of Ambridge, west of Midtown, east of Westside and north of Black Oak. Tolleston is the site of two large city parks (MC Bennett Park and Tolleston ...

Lew Wallace High School Lew Wallace High School was a four-year (9-12) public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana, United States. Staff The faculty included nearly 65 teachers. History In 1926 the 45th Avenue School of Gary, Indi ...

William A Wirt High School William A Wirt Senior High School was a four-year (9-12) public high school of the Gary Community School Corporation in Gary, Indiana. In May 2009 the school announced that after over 70 years, it would finally be closing. As of 2011, the site is ...

Middle/junior high:
Bailly Middle School
*Beckman Middle School *Dunbar-Pulaski Middle School / Casimir Pulaski Junior High School *Thomas A. Edison Middle School *Tolleston Middle School * Elementary: *Aetna Elementary School *Alain Leroy Locke Elementary School *Alfred B Nobel Elementary School *Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School *Pittman Square Elementary School

*Charles R. Drew Elementary School *Dunbar Elementary School *David O. Duncan Elementary School

*Kennedy-King Elementary School

*Arthur P. Melton Elementary School * John H. Vohr Elementary School *Horace S. Norton Elementary School *Ernie Pyle Elementary School

*E.A. Spaulding Elementary School *George Washington Elementary School

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