Gary Community School Corporation

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

Gary Community School Corporation
Address
900 Gerry Street Gary , Indiana, 46406 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK–12[1]
Established	1909; 115 years ago (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

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.^[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

All 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

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

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:

• Mary McLeod Bethune Early Childhood Development Center

Ungraded:

• Gary Area Career Center

Former schools

High schools

School	Year closed
Emerson High School	2008
Horace Mann High School	2004
Lew Wallace High School	2014[lower-alpha 1]
Martin Luther King Jr. Academy	2018
Theodore Roosevelt College and Career Academy	2020
William A. Wirt High School	2009

Middle schools

School	Year closed
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

School	Year closed	Notes
Aetna Elementary School	2005
Alain L Locke Elementary School	2006[lower-alpha 2]
Ambridge Elementary School	2010
Arthur P. Melton Elementary School	2006
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	2008
Black Oak Elementary	2001[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 4]
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. Vohr 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

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

Notes

1. Demolished in 2022
2. Later converted into Frankie Woods McCullough Academy
3. Demolished August 2017
4. Moved locations

References

1. "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.
2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lake County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved August 26, 2024.
3. Puente, Michael. "Struggling Gary Schools Open Under New Leadership — The State", WBEZ. August 17, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
4. McCollum, Carmen. "Gary school board members frustrated by their lack of power", The Times of Northwest Indiana. November 30, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
5. Carlson, Carole (November 27, 2018). "Former state school chief Bennett aligned with Gary schools manager". Post Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
6. 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.
7. "Uniforms Are Coming to The Middle Schools! Archived 2006-09-17 at the Wayback Machine" Gary Community School Corporation.
8. Home Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Williams Annex. Retrieved on February 5, 2017.
9. "Bernard C. Watson Academy For Boys Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine." Gary School Corporation. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.
10. Scott, Louise. "Gary closes six schools at year's end." Gary Crusader. June 5, 2014. Retrieved on December 18, 2015.

External links

• Official website