Crawford Building Sold

Monday, December 8, 2003, the Vigo County School Corporation voted to sell the Crawford Elementary School building to Head Start. Head Start will relocate there from its current location at the former Greenwood School. Most children living in both the former Greenwood and former Crawford attendance districts currently attend Farrington Grove Elementary on South 6th Street. See News for more details.

What was all the fuss about?

So why did so many Crawford parents and other community members object so loudly to the proposed closing of Crawford Elementary School?
Why did some continue to fight the closing for months after the school board vote on January 14, 2002?
Why do people who have moved out of state still write letters to the Terre Haute Tribune Star about Crawford, over a year after the children walked out of their neighborhood school for the last time on May 31, 2002?
The following links are the some of the statements made by Crawford parents and local community members as well as some of the research data taken from sources like the Department of Education and Census records.

Letter to Superintendent Tanoos
Current FGHD newsletter
Warren Transfer Study
Split Classes Fact Sheet
Enrollment Trends Fact Sheet
Farrington Grove Fact Sheet
Warren Fact Sheet
Parent Statement January 28, 2002
Parent Statement February 11, 2002
Parent Statement February 25, 2002
Citizen Statement December 10, 2001
Citizen Statement January 14, 2002
Citizen Statement January 28, 2002
Citizen Statement February 11, 2002
Citizen Statement February 25, 2002
Citizen Statement April 8, 2002
Citizen Statement April 22, 2002

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Crawford student, 1971-73 and 77-78

Latest Research

The authors of "Warren Transfer Study" have continued to track the educational outcomes of children in Terre Haute neighborhoods affected by school closings. These graphs update the information in the study. Warren affected students are tracked for four years after closing and Crawford affected students for two years.

Warren and Crawford Research Update

Crawford kids need your support

After the filing of the Crawford lawsuit on behalf of three 2nd grade children and their mothers, the Crawford Children's Legal Defense Fund raised about 60 percent of its goal of $10,000. Terre Haute attorney Bob Hellmann generously provided legal services to the Crawford families far in excess of the funds raised.

If you are interested in contributing to the
Crawford Children's Legal Defense Fund, make your check payable to Bob Hellmann, be sure to write in the memo area that it is for the Crawford Children's Legal Defense Fund and mail it to:

Bob Hellmann
30 N. 7th St. #101
Terre Haute, IN. 47802

We thank you for your emotional and financial support. Please note that attorney Hellmann is not connected to this website in any way. The authors of the website are grateful for the support he has provided the children of the former Crawford School neighborhood and of Terre Haute.