1968 - Liberty Township advisory board and trustee contact Westchester Township to discuss potential school consolidation. High (grades 6-8) open Thomas School closesġ968 - Additions to Bailly, CHS, and Central Elementary completed 1965 - Michigan City and Westchester Township Schools officials meet to discuss splitting Pine Township students between the two school systems.ġ966 - Bailly Elementary and Westchester Jr. 1964 - Pine Township voters approve consolidation with Michigan City School district.įeb. Reportedly, only 32% of registered voters participated. May 1964 - Voters in Jackson, Liberty, and Westchester Townships and 7 sections of Pine Township defeat proposed Duneland Schools consolidation. 1963 - Jackson, Washington, and New Durham consolidation voted down in all 3 townships. June 1963 - Jackson Township considers consolidation with Washington Township and New Durham Township in LaPorte County. Reportedly, only 25% of registered voters participated.Īpr 1963 - Indiana Commission on General Education announces it may close 100 small Indiana high schools for student population below 100, including Jackson Township High School, which has 68 students. Westchester was the only township to vote in favor of consolidation, while Jackson and Liberty both defeated the measure by strong numbers. May 1962 - Voters in Westchester, Jackson, and Liberty Townships vote down the proposed Duneland Schools consolidation by 12 votes. July 1961 - Porter County Reorganization Committee disseminates plan to consolidate Jackson, Liberty, and Westchester Township Schools. 1959 - Porter County Circuit Judge Goldie Burns establishes the Porter County School Reorganization Committee 1959 - Indiana passes School Reorganization Act requiring counties to consolidate school systems so that no system has fewer than 1,000 resident students or less than $5,000 adjusted evaluation per student.
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