North Central Parke Community School Corporation

Last updated

North Central Parke Community School Corporation is a school district headquartered in Rockville, Indiana.

Contents

The district is comprised of the following townships: Adams, Greene, Howard, Liberty, Penn, Sugar Creek, Union, and Washington. It includes Rockville, Bloomingdale, and Marshall. [1]

History

It was created as a consolidation of the Rockville Community Schools and Turkey Run Community School Corporation school districts. According to administrators in those two districts, they decided to merge because the State of Indiana had reduced the amount of grant money, and that the two school districts had smaller numbers of students than before. [2] As part of the merger, the district continued to maintain two separate secondary schools from each pre-merger district. [3]

Numbers of students in the secondary schools declined. In 2017, the district decided to merge the two high schools into one at the Rockville site, while the junior high schools combined at the Turkey Run site. [4] All seven board members voted to consolidate the secondary schools. [5] The consolidation was effective in 2018. [6] Parke Heritage High School is the resulting high school.

Schools

References

  1. Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Parke County, IN (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2025-06-06. - Text list
  2. "2 school districts work on merger". Palladium-Item . 2012-11-16. p.  A4.
  3. Morello, Rachel (2012-11-28). "How Reorganizing As One District Might Save Turkey Run And Rockville Schools". Indiana Public Media . Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  4. "Rockville and Turkey Run High Schools to consolidate in 2018-19". WTHR. Associated Press. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  5. "Turkey Run, Rockville High Schools Consolidated After 7-0 Vote". Indiana Public Media. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
  6. Hedrick, Nick (2017-04-06). "Turkey Run, Rockville to consolidate". Journal Review . Retrieved 2025-06-06.