 Its location was 210 N. Grand Avenue.On February 16, 2018, Emergency Manager Peggy Hinckley told the state Distressed Unit Appeals Board (DUAB) that she would shutter Wirt-Emerson to help reduce a $1.5 million monthly shortfall in the district that has a total of $115 million in accumulated debt, in addition to the monthly deficit.On March 2, 2018, the DUAB agreed with the Emergency Manager's decision to shutter the 79 year old school which is one of the anchors of the Miller neighborhood of Gary.