(LaCrosse, IN) - About 200 people turned out Thursday night to learn more about a proposal
to relocate iconic LaCrosse High School.
Superintendent Kelly Shepherd is recommending the school relocate to a new facility that would be added to the K-8 Wanatah School.
Renovating the existing 1915 school is estimated at 6.5 million dollars, more than twice
as much as a new much smaller facility.
The 1949 gymnasium once considered for the movie "Hoosiers" will remain under the current plans.
7th grader Kennedy Cox is among the students wanting to go to the existing high school like their
parents and grandparents.
“They’re trying to take it away,” she said.
Jamie Campbell graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1995 and doesn’t want her children
riding a bus eight miles away.
She’s also upset no public comment was accepted last night.
Shepherd said the condition of the building and Wanatah being more of a population center to bring more people into the system are among the factors for making the recommendation.
Shepherd emphasized no decisions have been made yet by the school board.
