With failing grades and poor graduation rates, Indiana’s Distressed Unit Appeals Board last week voted 4-1 to give MGT Consulting a two-year contract to manage Gary’s state-controlled school district.
DUAB member Tracy Brown was the only official who voted against the two-year contract proposal, because of MGT’s failure to achieve academic improvement among students in the Gary school district.
She disagreed with state School Superintendent Jennifer McCormick’s view that MGT benefitted from three years in Gary.
In 2017, MGT was chosen over several private management companies to take over the school district and reduce its debts totaling over $100 million.
Last month, the Crusader published a story that showed that academic achievement in the Gary school district plummeted under MGT’s leadership.
