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Hammond mayor blames school woes on suburban exodus and lack of state funding: 'Our education system is in shambles in urban cities'

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Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. blames suburban exodus and lack of student funding. "Just because you live in Crown Point or Hobart doesn't mean the problems are gone," he says. Gary Community School Corp. is now in the black for the first time in a decade.

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Hammond mayor blames school woes on suburban exodus and lack of state funding: 'Our education system is in shambles in urban cities'

"If you go out to Valparaiso and put your head in the sand and act like nothing's wrong, you're part of the problem," Mayor Tom McDermott said. "Our education system is a shambles in urban cities – a shambles!"

1 month ago·Cherokee County, United States

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