Pioneer Regional School Corporation is a school corporation located in Royal Center in

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General information

The Pioneer Regional School Corporation consists of five townships, four of which are in Cass County-Boone, Harrison, Jefferson, and Noble-and one in White County-Cass township. The corporation has in it {{convert, 153, sqmi, km2 and includes the communities of

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, Lake Cicott, and Royal Center. The two schools encompassed in the Regional School Corporation are Pioneer Elementary School, serving grades K-6 and

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, serving grades 7-12. The School Mascot is a Black

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and the School Anthem is "Mighty Panthers".

School history

The organization of the Pioneer Regional School Corporation was brought about by the Reorganization Act of Indiana of 1959. This act required that all schools within the state of Indiana be organized into single unit school corporations of at least one thousand students in attendance. The only existing and occupied building eliminated during the reorganization process was the school at Lucerne, which was closed in 1966 when the Jr.-Sr. High School building was completed and occupied. The corporation also has one elementary building, which, along with the Jr.-Sr. High School, is located in Royal Center. Pioneer School Corporation was originally known as Royal Center High School and the school mascot was a

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was called by Chalmer Condon, then Superintendent of Cass County Schools, on January 2, 1963. The members of the first Board of Trustees of the Pioneer Regional School Corporation were Paul Harrison, President; H.W. Roller, Vice-President; Roger Ide, Secretary; Harold Wilson, Treasurer; and Donald Heiny, Assistant Secretary. The corporation's first superintendent was Ralph L. Kelly, who served until January 20, 1968. School districts in Indiana School districts established in 1963 Education in Cass County, Indiana 1963 establishments in Indiana