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School Debt: Muncie and Gary

By Tony Sandleben, IPR News | Published on in Education, Local News
File Photo: A small group of rally-goers demonstrate outside of a school board meeting. (Tony Sandleben)

Those in Muncie – especially parents of local students – know that Muncie Community Schools is facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit.   In northern Indiana, another district has spent years struggling through a similar financial crisis: Gary Community School Corporation.  This year, the state government is working to help Gary.  As IPR’s Tony Sandleben reports, it’s a blueprint that could be of interest to Muncie.