Pittsburgh Gifted Center (PGC) is a special school that provides gifted education, to students in Pittsburgh and Mt. Oliver.
Until May 2006, the Pittsburgh Gifted Center was located at the McKelvy building in the Pittsburgh Hill District.
In September 2006, the Pittsburgh Gifted Center was made part of a school in Pittsburgh's West End called Greenway. The move to Greenway was made with the understanding that it was only a one-year shift of location. The location for 2007-08 is still in doubt.
The early draft of the Rightsizing Plan of Superintendent Mark Roosevelt called for the Pittsburgh Gifted Center to move to Pittsburgh's North Side on Ridge Avenue. That plan was nixed as the facility was not well suited to accommodate the programs. Thankfully, a shift to Greenway was accomplished after some political wrangling and thinking again by school officials.
The Ridge Avenue facility owned by the Pittsburgh Public Schools was put up for sale as of the spring of 2006.
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