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The school building and convent were torn down in 1965 when a new two-story facility was built for $1.2 million. [2] The building contained school classrooms, a convent, gymnasium, cafeteria and space for a parish hall. On June 7, 1994, the name of the school was changed to the Sister Thea Bowman School.
The current building opened in 1966 as Holy Angels School, and was renamed in 1994 as Sister Thea Bowman School, [3] but was ultimately closed in 2002. The current school is in no way affiliated with the cathedral or the diocese. [4] In 2008, Bowman Academy began construction on a new building to accommodate students in grades 7 through 12.
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]
Cheryl Pruitt is an American educator and advocate for alternative education. She was Superintendent of the Gary Community School Corporation from 2012 to 2018, and she has served in executive roles for several other organizations that seek to improve inequalities in traditional public education settings.
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Pope Pius IX created the Diocese of Fort Wayne for Indiana only in 1857, including the Gary area. Gary would remain part of this diocese for the next 100 years. St. Mary the Immaculate Conception parish, founded in 1867, was the first Catholic parish in Michigan City. [5] The first Catholic parish in Gary was Holy Angels, established in 1906 ...
Lake Ridge Schools Corporation is based in unincorporated Lake County, Indiana, United States and serves students within the unincorporated sections of the Calumet Township and portions of Gary. [ 3 ]
Most of Gary is served by the Gary Community School Corporation. [1] Some portions are served by the Lake Ridge Schools Corporation. [1] Some Gary residents in the outskirts attend schools administered by the River Forest Community School Corporation; [1] River Forest does not operate any schools in Gary.