Gary Community School Corporation

The Gary School Board hopes to hire a new superintendent before the end of the school year. But before the superintendent search begins, board members are busy searching for a search firm.

Teachers at the Gary Community School Corporation will be getting a pay raise, but not right away. District Manager Dr. Michael Raisor and Gary Teachers Union President GlenEva Dunham signed a two-year teacher contract Tuesday.

Indiana property tax caps are posing challenges to the Gary Community School Corporation's 2024 budget. Manager Dr. Michael Raisor adopted a budget totaling more than $74 million Monday. It includes an education fund of about $32.5 million and a referendum fund of about $10.3 million.

The Gary Community School Corporation is taking input on its plans to close its two middle schools. The first community forum on the "district sustainability" recommendations will be held Tuesday, October 24 at 5:30 p.m. at the Gary Area Career Center. Parents can also comment in an online survey.

The newly-appointed Gary School Board held its first official meeting Tuesday, in another step toward returning the school corporation to local control.

The Gary Community School Corporation's manager says she's leaving the district. Dr. Paige McNulty said in a statement that her last in-person day will be Sunday, June 4, but she'll continue to help with the leadership transition until June 30. McNulty said she's "accepted a local position in higher education."

The president of the Gary Teachers Union continued to voice her frustration, even as she signed the 2022-2023 teacher contract Tuesday.

The Gary Community School Corporation is looking to give its teachers a pay raise.

The Gary Community School Corporation is asking the public which abandoned schools they'd like to see get demolished.

The Gary Community School Corporation could return to local control in 2024. Emergency manager MGT Consulting outlined a transition plan during a public forum Tuesday, following a meeting with the state's Distressed Unit Appeal Board.