the Pros. The NFL's first African-American head coach was Hall-of-Famer coach Fritz Pollard of the Pros. Government Hammond is incorporated as a city under Indiana law. It therefore has a mayor and a nine-member city council. Hammond's City Hall is located at 5925 Calumet Avenue. The Hammond City Council has meetings scheduled for the second and fourth Mondays of each month. The city maintains a city court on the second floor of the City Hall, exercising a limited jurisdiction within Lake County. The court handles not only local ordinance violations and certain minor criminal matters, but also a significant portion of the debt collection and eviction actions brought in Lake County. City Council Janet Venecz (D, At Large), President Katrina D. Alexander (D, At Large) Daniel P. Spitale (D, At Large) Mark Kalwinski (D, 1st) Pete Torres (D, 2nd) Barry Tyler, Jr. (D, 3rd) William Emerson, Sr. (D, 4th) David Woerpel (D, 5th) Scott Rakos (D, 6th) List of mayors Education School City of Hammond Hammond is served by the School City of Hammond, a school corporation under Indiana state law that is independent of the civil city. In June 2021, the School City of Hammond permanently closed two junior/senior High Schools: Donald E. Gavit and George Rogers Clark, first opened in the 1930s and 1960s respectively. High schools Area Career Center Hammond High School Morton High School George Rogers Clark High School (Closed 2021) Gavit High School (Closed 2021) Middle schools George Rogers Clark Middle School (Closed 2021) Henry W. Eggers Middle School Gavit Middle School (Closed 2021) Scott Middle School Elementary schools Columbia Elementary School Edison Elementary School Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Warren G. Harding Elementary School Joseph Hess Elementary School Washington Irving Elementary School Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Kenwood Elementary School Lafayette Elementary School Lincoln Elementary School Maywood Elementary School Morton Elementary School Frank O'Bannon Elementary School Lew Wallace Elementary School Charter schools Hammond Academy of Science and Technology (6–12) Privately owned and operated schools Catholic schools are under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary. St. Catherine of Siena, a Catholic elementary school, opened prior to 1949. Prior to 2009 its enrollment had declined, with 130 students that year, and its financial state had deteriorated. The school closed in 2009. Colleges and universities Calumet College of St. Joseph Kaplan University Purdue University Northwest Infrastructure Transportation Most of Hammond's streets are laid out in a grid pattern similar