Coordinates: 41°11′24.9″N 85°11′32.98″W / 41.19025°N 85.1924944°W / 41.19025; -85.1924944

Carroll High School
Location
3701 Carroll Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Information
Type	Public, Secondary
Established	1969
Locale	Suburban
Principal	Deborah Neumeyer
Grades	9-12
Number of students	2,230
Color(s)	Blue and White
Mascot	Chargers
Snapshot	CHS
Website	CHS

Carroll High School is a school in the unincorporated suburbs of Fort Wayne, Indiana accredited by North Central Association in the upper-middle class district of Northwest Allen County Schools. At about 1,700 students and expanding, officials established a freshman campus in 2005 for ninth graders. The school currently holds 2,230 students and is still expanding as of 2009.^{[citation needed]} Completion of the school's campus will be finished officially in the spring of 2010.^{[citation needed]} The school has added classrooms, a larger third gymnasium, connecting both the freshman campus and the 10 through 12 building, a large grand staircase, and a new two-leveled cafeteria consisting of a performing arts stage. After construction, the Carroll High School campus will be the second-largest high school campus in Indiana, behind Carmel High School.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] History

[edit] Indiana school reorganization

In 1959, the Indiana General Assembly passed the Indiana School Reorganization Act of 1959 that requires school districts with fewer than 2,000 students to consolidate with nearby districts. This resulted in the three Allen County, Indiana townships of Lake, Eel River and Perry combining into Northwest Allen County Schools (NACS). At that time, high schools existed in Arcola, Indiana and Huntertown, Indiana. The NACS school board voted to combine the two high schools in 1967 into a single newly built school south of Huntertown.^[1] The new high school, which opened in 1969, was named after Carroll Road, a rural arterial road that connects U.S. Route 33 and State Road 3 in northern Allen County.

[edit] Farmland to suburban boom

Booming enrollment from suburban sprawl of nearby Fort Wayne into Perry Township caused NACS to build Carroll Middle School (CMS) adjacent to the main high school in 1984. By the fall of 2004 as enrollment continued to increase, the school district built other middle schools (including a new Carroll Middle School) and the old CMS was absorbed into Carroll High School as its "freshman campus."^[1]

In 2006, the school district approved a $56 million addition to Carroll, which is scheduled to include a $9 million new gymnasium and upgrades to classrooms and dining facilities. The project also will link the main high school with the freshman campus into one contiguous structure upon its planned completion in the autumn of 2009.^[2]

[edit] 2006 free speech controversy

In January 2006, school officials expelled a 17-year-old senior for writing a satirical book—a takeoff of "America (The Book)" by Jon Stewart of The Daily Show—that ridiculed teachers and administrators for their methods.^[3] The controversy garnered both local and national press coverage critical of the school's move.^[4][5] Within a few weeks, officials with Northwest Allen County Schools overturned the expulsion and paid for home-schooling as the student was not allowed to return to campus for classes or for 2006 graduation ceremonies.^[6]

[edit] General Information

The school opened in 1969 and constructed additions to the facility in 1992 and 1996. The school is currently undergoing construction which is expected to be finished in 2010.

As of September of 2008, the school had 77 teachers, 6 guidance counselors and 7 full-time administrators. To graduate, students must complete 44 credits from 6 classes over a seven-period day.^[7]

Carroll boasts an approximately 97 percent attendance rate, with a 98 percent graduation rate. Approximately 85 percent of graduates continue their education after graduation.

The school's principal is Deborah Neumeyer. The principal of the freshman center (CFC) is Dr. Ken Folks. Assistant principals include Sam Diprimio and Park Ginder. Carroll's school newspaper is The Charger. Carroll's Student News program is Out of the Blue, shown on local channels Comcast 54 and Verizon 24.

[edit] Administrators

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Notable Alumini

• Stephanie Eve Larimore, Playboy's Miss June 2006
• Jon Fitch, American professional mixed martial arts fighter, currently with the UFC

[edit] References