Gary schools district manager Mike Raisor recommended the closing of underutilized Bailly and Gary middle schools during Tuesday’s school board meeting to keep the district on firm financial footing.
The move would shift sixth-graders back to elementary schools and send seventh-and-eighth-graders to the West Side Leadership Academy.That action, coupled with other cost-saving ventures, would save the district about $6 million a year, he said.“I’m not talking about firing teachers, those teachers will still have jobs with us,” Raisor said.While the state-controlled Gary Community School Corp. has a $2.
Raisor, who has governing authority along with the state Distressed Unit Appeal Board, said he notified principals of his recommendation and is forming a task force primarily of school staffers to begin the transition in January.To forge a community consensus, Raisor said parents of fifth-and-sixth graders will receive surveys and the district will hold focus groups, community input sessions and host a dedicated page on its website of the changes.
Both Bailly and Gary Middle schools have enrollments under 400 students. He said Gary Middle School’s utilization rate was 51%, while Bailly’s was 58%.
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