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Residents and NAACP supporters clash in public comment over rent-free NAACP office at Gary Adult High School
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment urged the board either to remove or to preserve the NAACP office at Gary Adult High School; speakers presented competing views about whether the branch is inactive or a vital community partner. The board took no action during the meeting.
Dozens of members of the public used the meeting’s public-comment period on Feb. 11 to press the school board on a recurring local controversy: the NAACP’s use of office space at the Gary Adult High School campus without rent, according to multiple speakers.
Several speakers, including Julia Jackson and Bishop Michelle Patty, said the NAACP’s presence on school property represented favoritism and a conflict of interest because other organizations are not offered the same terms. Jackson said the NAACP’s “free rent and board, which…
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