Rossville High School - LARS Yearbook (Rossville, IN)

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THE PEOPLE First the dream . . . the dream of democracy and then schools to real- ize that objective . . . scattered pio- neer homes and as a result several one room schools . . . abandonment of these for a centralized Rossville School, the first step in consolida- tion . . . then the addition of a high school building to accommodate an enrollment expanding from a grad- uating class of three to an average of thirty ... for three decades no change in the classroom situation . .- . next the bomb of consolidation with Indiana University recom- mending only four school units in the county . . . anticipation of this need with the purchase of a twenty acre tract. . . erection of a modem brick building and consolidation with Owen township and Clay township of Carroll County . . . opening of the Rossville School District with an enrollment of four hundred and eighty four, eighty of whom were freshman. This book is the story of these students first en- rolled in Rossville Consolidated School District.

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THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF PLAY

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OUR SCHOOL BOARD Left to right: Richard Andrew; Helen Montgomery, secretary; Edwin Thomas; Elwood Burkle. Consolidation—a means to an end but quite a personal one involving the foresight of officials and the co-operation of many people. Mr. Richard Andrew and the advisory board—Floyd Reynolds, Austin Suter, and Roscoe Shedron—started the ball rolling by providing more building space—six classrooms and a modem cafeteria. Started in 1956, this building along with the promotional suggestions of Indiana University in- spired consolidation with the two townships that had regularly transferred students to Rossville—namely Owen and Clay of Carroll. Hence Ross Township School on August 1, 1957, became officially Rossville Con- solidated School, under the supervision of the Superintendent of Clinton County Schools, with the three Trus- tees composing the School Board. President of this group is Richard Andrew with Edwin Thomas and El- wood Burkle secretary and treasurer respectively. Each township maintains its own grade school and has its own advisory board. Ross Township Trustee Richard Andrew Advisory Board Floyd Reynolds Austin Suter Roscoe Shedron Owen Township T rustee Ed Thomas Advisory Board Chalmer Miller Halfred Mortsolf I.eon Grev Clay Township Trustee Elwood Burkle Advisory Board Walter Barnhart Charles Porter Edward Fossnock