President GlenEva Dunham

Teachers at the Gary Community School Corporation will be getting a pay raise, but not right away. District Manager Dr. Michael Raisor and Gary Teachers Union President GlenEva Dunham signed a two-year teacher contract Tuesday.

The president of the Gary Teachers Union continued to voice her frustration, even as she signed the 2022-2023 teacher contract Tuesday.

The Gary Community School Corporation could return to local control in 2024. Emergency manager MGT Consulting outlined a transition plan during a public forum Tuesday, following a meeting with the state's Distressed Unit Appeal Board.

Legislation that would ban Gary teachers from collective bargaining and reduce local control of the Gary Community School Corporation is drawing backlash from local officials. Under House Bill 1187, all seven members of the school district's governing board would be appointed by the Indiana Secretary of Education, with the mayor and city council getting to make recommendations for two of them.