(La Porte County, IN) - The schools in Wanatah would become charter schools under a proposal at the statehouse.

House Bill 1136 is aimed at dissolving five public school districts and replacing them with charter schools since more than half of the students in those districts go to school elsewhere.

One of the districts that would be impacted by the measure is the Tri- Township School Corporation.

The Tri-Township School Board approved a resolution strongly opposing the measure, citing a 100 percent graduation rate last year and test scores being above the state average.

The school corporation consists of a K-12 facility in Wanatah along with the gymnasium in LaCrosse for basketball and other indoor student athletic events.