Fort Wayne Community Schools, Allen County, Indiana
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The Fort Wayne Community Schools school corporation, known as FWCS for short, is the Fort Wayne, Indiana area public school district, and is the second largest in Indiana. It is comprised of six high schools, 11 middle schools, and over 30 elementary schools, and it served 31,815 students (about 3% of Indiana's K-12 population) in 2003-2004 [1]. FWCS's current superintendent is Dr. Wendy Robinson. The immediate past superintendent was Thomas Fowler-Finn, who is now the superintendent of the Cambridge, MA Schools.
Administratively, FWCS is divided into several departments, including Technology, Transportation, Curriculum, Continuing Education, Food Services, and Communications. Area administrators oversee thirds each of the FWCS schools.
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[edit] School Board
The FWCS Board of School Trustees serves as the district's governing and fiscal body, and its meetings are open to the public in the Grile Administrative Center and broadcast on local cable channel LTV-54.
The School Board approves the FWCS tax rate and any borrowing that will be paid off by property taxes.
Current FWCS board members include: Geoff Paddock, Jon Olinger, Kurt Walborn, Carol Coen, Steve Corona, Robert Armstrong, and Kweku Akan.
[edit] School Directory
As well as offering public education during the day, FWCS offers continuing education classes and events that meet in its buildings in the evenings and on weekends.
[edit] High schools
- North Side High School
- Northrop High School
- Elmhurst High School
- R. Nelson Snider High School
- South Side High School
- Wayne High School
[edit] Other Facilities
- Anthis Career Center
[edit] Middle schools
- Blackhawk Middle School
- Jefferson Middle School
- Kekionga Middle School
- Lakeside Middle School
- Lane Middle School
- Memorial Park Middle School
- Miami Middle School
- Northwood Middle School
- Portage Middle School
- Shawnee Middle School
- Towles Intermediate School (Grades 1-8)
[edit] Elementary schools
- Bunche Montessori Elementary School
- Irwin Elementary School
- Levan Scott Academy Elementary School
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Lindley Elementary School
- Maplewood Elementary School
- Nebraska Elementary School
- Northcrest Elementary School
- Pleasant Center Elementary School
- Price Elementary School
- Shambaugh Elementary School
- South Wayne Elementary School
- St. Joseph Central Elementary School
- Study Elementary School
- Washington Center Elementary School
- Washington Elementary School
- Waynedale Elementary School
- Weisser Park Elementary School
- Whitney Young Early Childhood Center
