Chesterton High School
| Chesterton High School | |
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| Location | |
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2125 South 11th Street Chesterton, Indiana 46304 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°35′18″N 87°03′54″W / 41.5884°N 87.0650°WCoordinates: 41°35′18″N 87°03′54″W / 41.5884°N 87.0650°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1922 |
| School district | Duneland School Corporation |
| Principal | Jeff Van Drie |
| Faculty | 98 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,028 (2013-2014) |
| Color(s) | Maroon and gold |
| Athletics conference | Duneland Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Trojans |
| Website | duneland |
Chesterton High School is a public high school located in Chesterton, Indiana.
In 1833, Jesse Morgan, the area's first postmaster, opened the first educational institution for Duneland locals. That school sufficed the community until William Thomas II donated land and offered to help build a two-room schoolhouse in 1840. When the building was finally finished in 1852, there were some local complaints of "its rickety conditions." Twenty-five years later, in 1877, $6,000 was spent on creating Chesterton's first high school. Within only a few years, overcrowding became a problem, and the school received a four-room addition in 1890.
This building worked for some time, but complications such as a broken furnace, led to the school building being torn down in 1911. After some property disputes with a local church, it was replaced with a more spacious, two-story school. The community outgrew this school yet again, and in 1921 a school was created specifically for high-schoolers. The school was three stories tall and possessed an auditorium that could seat 750. After spending $175,000, Westchester Township High School opened on December 14, 1922, and was hailed by locals as a wonderful building.
As a result of the area's growth, many classrooms were added to the high school in early 1950. In 1958, a school board was formally created, with Lyle K. Klitzke serving as the school corporation's first superintendent. Later that year, the board declared their intentions to build a nearly $600,000 high school gym, later to be named after teaching legend Mr. Goldsborough.
In April 1959, the high school principal Dunbar resigned over a $400 decrease in his expense account. In protest, 35 of the 38 high school teachers submitted conditional resignations, threatening to quit unless the superintendent and members of the school board resign. Fears arose over potentially losing accreditation, and many tense school board meetings followed pressuring Klitzke to "quit". In June, George Kriviskey was hired to replace Dunbar. By that July, 30 of the 38 teachers had resigned but the school corporation replaced these resigning individuals.
Throughout the 1960s, Westchester School Corporation built a new high school and later, in 1968, Westchester School Corporation merged with Liberty Township School Corporation to become Duneland School Corporation. To deal with the now larger enrollment, the current high school building was combined with a local elementary school.
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