Judge orders Gary schools to turn over shuttered building to charter

GARY | A Superior Court judge has ordered the Gary Community School Corp. to lease a shuttered school building to a local charter school.

Missing gun led to Lew Wallace lockdown

GARY | Lew Wallace STEM Academy in Gary was on lockdown for a short period Thursday morning after a school security officer realized he came to work without his weapon.

EdisonLearning officials: Attendance remains a challenge

GARY | One of the biggest challenges administrators at Roosevelt College and Career Academy face is attendance; too many students simply don't come to school.

Bernard Watson visits his namesake school

GARY | Watson Academy fifth-grader Job Smith said he was thrilled and excited to meet the man for whom his school was named.

3 specialists named to help turn around Gary schools

GARY | The School Board on Tuesday approved hiring three more transformational specialists to turn around its failing schools.

Renowned educator to visit Gary, schools

GARY | Renowned educator and author Bernard C. Watson will visit Gary Wednesday and Thursday.

Gary, EdisonLearning reach agreement on Roosevelt

GARY | A hearing in Marion County Superior Court over maintenance and repairs at Gary Roosevelt was postponed Friday after the sides reached agreement, just before going into court.

Gary hires away Roosevelt principal

GARY | The principal of Roosevelt College and Career Academy has reportedly taken a job with the Gary Community School Corp.

Lack of heat closes Roosevelt, causes problems at Lew Wallace

GARY | For the second consecutive day, EdisonLearning officials have closed Roosevelt College and Career Academy because of a lack of heat.

Gary School Board votes not to renew administrators' contracts

GARY | The Gary Community School Corp. board of trustees voted Tuesday not to renew contracts for 13 administrators for the 2013-14 school year.

Three local school corporations flunk state scrutiny

While the Indiana Department of Education released school grades last November for schools across the state, it did not make a formal announcement.

Gary special education overhaul long overdue

GARY | Sharida Cobbins refused to sign her son's Individualized Education Program because she doesn't agree with his placement.

District Offers Free ACT Test-Prep Course to Eligible College-Bound Juniors

GARY | The Gary Community School Corporation will host Parent Math Night 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 at each of the District’s high schools:

School ruling could mean Christmas gift to Gary, Indy schools

The outgoing president of the Gary Community School Corp. board said the district is getting a potential Christmas gift as a result of a recent Marion County court ruling.

Superintendent maps future of Gary schools

GARY | Gary Community School Corp. Superintendent Cheryl Pruitt is developing partnerships with local universities and businesses, and sees the school corporation opening up a laboratory school, a charter school and an Apple technical school.

Gary teachers to pay more for insurance

GARY | The Gary School Board approved two memorandums of understanding Tuesday that will increase the amount toward insurance that teachers pay and create language for teacher evaluations.

Gary schools won't get downtown Gary building

GARY | The deal for the Gary Community School Corp. to acquire the Gary bank building has fallen through.

Bus company still working on routes for students in Gary

GARY | A representative for Illinois Central Bus company, which provides student transportation for the Gary Community School Corp., said new bus routes will not begin Monday as previously announced.

Gary schools face more cuts

GARY | The Gary Community School Corp. has lost 15 percent of its student body since last school year and is going to have to make more cuts in teachers, administrators and staff because of the declining enrollment.

Gary schools may have just enough to pay teachers through November

GARY | The president of the Gary Teachers Union sent a note to teachers asking for input if the Gary Community School Corp. runs out of money and can't pay teachers after November.