John Glenn School Corporation is a school district headquartered in
Walkerton, Indiana
Walkerton is a town in Lincoln Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 2,144 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN- MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Walkerton was pl ...
. It is named after
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...
.
It includes Walkerton and
North Liberty in
St. Joseph County. It also includes territory in
Marshall County.
History
In August 2021, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana
The COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S. state of Indiana on March 5, 2020, and was confirmed on March 6. As of July 12, 2021, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) had confirmed 757,904 cases in the state and 13,496 deaths. As of July 3, ...
, the district chose to enact a mask mandate.
In 2018 a movement started where residents of
Greene Township advocated for leaving the
South Bend Community School Corporation
South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC), located in South Bend, Indiana, is St. Joseph County's oldest and largest school corporation, and the fifth largest in the state. They have 30 schools and seven support facilities in a geographic ...
and joining the John Glenn School Corporation.
By 2022 the John Glenn District was working to come to an agreement with the South Bend district so a voluntary district change would occur.
Schools
*
John Glenn High School (Walkerton)
* Urey Middle School (Walkerton)
*
North Liberty Elementary School
* Walkerton Elementary School
References
External links
John Glenn School Corporation Education in St. Joseph County, Indiana
Education in Marshall County, Indiana
School districts in Indiana
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