SYRACUSE — Indiana’s State Board of Education, by a 7-4 vote, approved changes in how A-F letter grades are issued to public schools at its Wednesday, Jan. 10, business meeting. The changes will especially affect how high schools are issued letter grades because test score growth will be … Read More
SYRACUSE — In most recent years when Indiana lawmakers are in session during the General Assembly, it seems there is at least one, if not more, issues being considered affecting public schools. And often school administrators are concerned about the proposed legislation in those sessions. The Indiana General … Read More
SYRACUSE — New high school graduation requirements will be implemented in Indiana after the State Board of Education voted to do so Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Indianapolis despite significant opposition from teachers, principals and superintendents. Graduation Pathways will be implemented including students taking the SAT, ACT or similar … Read More
SYRACUSE — School corporation administration responded to a grandparent’s concern about school bus safety. During the Sept. 12 Wawasee Community School Corporation board meeting, Rhonda Ousley, who lives near North Webster, asked for consideration to install cameras near the stop arms on buses. She noted she had seen … Read More
SYRACUSE — Five representatives from the Wawasee Community School Corporation were among more than 130 superintendents, principals, counselors and others attending a meeting Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, at Homestead High School in Allen County. The meeting was concerning a state panel’s recommendations for new pathways graduation requirements for … Read More
SYRACUSE — Now is the chance to “Speak-Up.” Wawasee Community School Corporation is asking the community and taxpayers to share their experiences and views of the school that will be heard by local, state and national leaders through the Speak-Up survey now open through Jan. 19. As a … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — A motion for a change of venue in a lawsuit has been denied. The motion was filed by counsel for Clifford Clevenger, Pierceton, in his suit against North Webster Police Department, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department and Wawasee Community School Corporation and specified employees of those … Read More
SYRACUSE — Beginning with the 2016-17 school year, 1:1 electronic devices were made available for students and teachers in the Wawasee Community School Corporation. Now the school corporation is able to implement virtual learning days, known as eLearning, which it is doing this school year as some other … Read More
SYRACUSE — School accountability letter grades for the 2016-17 school year were officially released publicly Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, by the Indiana Department of Education. Locally, two schools in the Wawasee Community School Corporation improved their letter grades compared to the previous school year, two schools remained the … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corporation released a statement Thursday afternoon, Sept. 28, regarding the Raptor Visitor Management System to be used in each school building in the corporation. “A priority of the Wawasee Community School Corporation is the safety of our students and staff. As a district, … Read More
SYRACUSE — For anyone who takes care of a child in school and that child rides on a bus, it is a scary and unsettling thought, to say the least, a vehicle driver would disregard an activated stop arm of the bus and drive on through. But it … Read More
SYRACUSE — Indiana Department of Education released results of spring 2017 ISTEP+ Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 6. The controversial test, which may be administered for the last time in the spring of 2018, has often frustrated administrators, teachers and students throughout the state. ISTEP+ assesses English and language arts … Read More
SYRACUSE — A second budget hearing for the Wawasee Community School Corporation was held Tuesday, Aug. 22, in Syracuse. Fiscal year 2018 is approaching. Jim Evans, director of finance for WCSC, provided proof to the school board the 2018 budget has been advertised in local newspapers. There was … Read More
SYRACUSE — Beginning sometime after Labor Day, visitors to any of the schools in the Wawasee Community School Corporation will experience something much different than they’re used to. Security upgrades will mean visitors will be greeted by Raptor, a new camera system. The Wawasee school board was given … Read More
SYRACUSE — A teacher before he became a superintendent, Dr. Tom Edington, superintendent of the Wawasee Community School Corporation, shifted gears and went into the learning mode while visiting China earlier this summer. He was one of 10 superintendents from across the United States, and the only one … Read More
SYRACUSE — Wawasee Community School Corporation’s “wish list” of construction projects and renovations is occurring, in part, this summer, but other items won’t be finished until the fall or will wait until next summer. One of the big projects being done and already underway is removing the grass … Read More
