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School City of East Chicago outlines plan to downsize Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center and reassign students
Summary
Board presentation laid out reassignment of 148 Carrie Gosch students across four elementary schools, staff placement steps, moving logistics and facility renovations; trustees pressed for clarity on compensation, certification and union approvals for paraprofessionals.
The School City of East Chicago board heard details Thursday about the planned downsizing of the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center and a timeline to reassign its students and staff.
Dr. Bornay told trustees the district projects 148 students will be reallocated for the coming school year: 25 to Harrison Elementary, 23 to Lincoln, 31 to McKinley and 69 to Washington. The projections are based on the district’s March kindergarten and pre‑K roundup; students currently in pre‑K‑4 will advance to kindergarten, staff said.
The district will brand the transition as the “Little Cardinals Academy” and use the Frog Street curriculum for pre‑K instruction. A three‑teacher committee from Carrie Gosch selected Frog Street because it embeds the Conscious Discipline social‑emotional learning program already in use there; teachers will receive a full‑day curriculum training in August and be invited to summer curriculum mapping, officials said.
Staff described several operational changes: the applied‑skills preschool program now at Carrie Gosch will move to Washington Elementary along with…
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