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Indiana

School City of East Chicago

The School City of East Chicago is comprised of 6,000 students who attend 10 schools. The district is located in the inner city. QZAB proceeds will be used at Block Junior High School, which serves 431 students. Approximately 76 percent of these students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Block is located in an Empowerment Zone.

East Chicago has issued a $2 million QZAB on behalf of Block. The funds will serve two purposes. The first is to replace the roof. The second is to modernize the infrastructure of the school to support technology. The school is 34 years old. It currently has one computer lab, but individual classrooms cannot support the use of computers. Funds will be used to improve electrical wiring and increase the electrical power at the school.

Block Junior High?s partners are the Twin City Educational Foundation and the East Chicago Community Development Foundation. Each organization will provide $100,000 for the purchase of computers and printers and for training teachers in the use of technology. The computers will be placed in a new computer lab as well as individual classrooms.

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