Financial Issues Build On Gary Schools’ Perception Problem

July 27, 2015 | 10:06 AM

Afflicted by debt and other financial issues, the Gary Community School Corporation is struggling to sell off abandoned school buildings – and holding onto the vacant structures is only adding to widespread perception of the district as ‘unsafe.’

Source: Journalgazette
Via: Associated Press via Journal Gazette

July 26, 2015 1:01 AM GARY – Gary’s neighborhoods are pockmarked with 21 abandoned schools littered with broken windows and gang graffiti that add to the northwestern Indiana city’s urban decay. Gary Community Schools officials say they’re unable to sell the buildings because of a $7.1 million lien from the IRS over delinquent taxes and penalties.

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