Gary Community School Corporation is a school district headquartered in

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. 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

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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 12th 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: *

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Middle schools:
Gary Middle School
* Williams Annex - it is the sole school in the Gary CSC that only serves middle school Elementary schools: *

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*Bailly Stem Academ

*Glen Park Academy For Excellence In Learning *

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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.

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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: *

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Ungraded: * Gary Area Career Center

Former schools

High schools

Thomas A. Edison High School 1968 Tolleston High School 1969

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Notes

References

External links

* {{Authority control Education in Lake County, Indiana School districts in Indiana Education in Gary, Indiana School districts established in 1909 1909 establishments in Indiana