(La Porte, IN) - The La Porte School Board has now updated and approved new school boundaries.

 

The boundaries for Handley, Riley, and Hailmann Elementary Schools were changed in response to the recent decision to close Lincoln Elementary School. Superintendent Dr. Sandra Wood said steps were taken to notify Lincoln parents as to which schools their children will be going next school year.

 

Based on current enrollment projections, she said 84 of the Lincoln students will attend Hailmann, 25 of the students will go to Handley, and six will head to Riley. Wood said the redistricted boundaries will put Hailmann at 77 percent capacity, Handley at 86 percent, and Riley at 67 percent.

 

“All three of those schools have plenty of space to accommodate these students and many more,” she said.

 

The decision to close Lincoln school was in response to gradual, but longstanding declines, in enrollment. Reduced funding from the state also became a factor, because incoming revenue in Indiana is determined by student head counts.