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NEWS
The Northwest Indiana Times, and the Post Tribune are the
top newspapers for info about the Gary School System.
If you are not receiving a paper, I would recommend one of
these two. The number for the PT is (800) 876-8974, and the
number for the NWIT is (800) 589-3331.
NORTHWEST INDIANA
The Times’ challenge is to serve such a diverse and balkanized
community. It does so by producing nine daily geographically
zoned editions, providing both a regional news report and
the depth and flavor of a hometown newspaper.
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MELTON STUDENTS WAITING FOR NEW SCHOOL TO OPEN
Cramped in Melton Elementary School, students await opening of the new Glen Park Academy for Excellence.
Melton, with its rusted frames and splintered wood doors, bears the marks of a site worn down.
In contrast, a sprawling tan brick and green-tinted windowed structure at 5002 Madison St. sits empty — six months after the start of the school year. Furnishings and textbooks are inside, but no students.
Many had expected Melton students to transfer to the new school in late fall, allowing Melton to shutter its doors.
One of three new sites constructed in a $57 million facilities facelift, the Glen Park Academy was slated to open Oct. 31, then in January.
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PROPOSED ISTEP MOVE HEADED TO SENATE
A big part of your child's education could change forever. Indiana House lawmakers voted to move the ISTEP tests from Fall to Spring to give students more time to prepare.
Right now Indiana students in third to tenth grade take ISTEPs in the fall. But parents have always disagreed on when is best and some feel the decision could cost millions and still end up short-changing their kids' educations.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Suellen Reed, doesn't want the test to move. That opinion puts her out of step with her fellow Republican, Governor Mitch Daniels -- who supports the change.
Reed estimates it will cost $45 million to make the switch -- $30 million to test students both in the fall and the spring the first year, $5 million to rewrite two tests and $10 million for a pilot exam.
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