The district posted on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram offering $25 Visa gift cards to parents who referred students to successfully enroll in Gary schools.

An end to Indiana's experiment in the takeover of failing schools could happen Wednesday -- again. For the second time, the State Board of Education will vote on the future of four schools, one in Gary and three in Indianapolis.

Gary's mayor wants the city's school corporation to demolish 10 shuttered schools amid growing concerns that they have become havens for crime.

The bill has already been approved by the House. It now heads to the full Senate for consideration.

To date, Indiana has taken over the financially troubled school districts in Gary and Muncie.

Emergency Manager Peggy Hinckley told the State Board of Finance that the district doesn't have the enrollment to justify more than one high school.

They are looking for ways to keep the Gary Community School Corp. afloat financially after voters rejected a general fund referendum for the second time in 18 months.