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Wayne Township schools

Updated Aug. 10, 2005

FACTS AND FIGURES Information based on the 2004-05 school year, except as noted. Enrollment: 14,517 Average teacher salary: $52,200 ($45,800) Attendance rate, 2003-04: 95.2 percent Graduation rate, 2003-04: 88 percent SAT composite score, 2003-04: 994 Percent of students in Grades 1-12 eligible for free lunch: 57.2 percent Percent of minority students: 42.2 percent

What's new

The district opened its new Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center on Aug. 10 when classes resumed districtwide. With the center's opening, only seventh? and eighth-grade students will be in the district's two junior high schools. Those buildings have been renamed as the Lynhurst Seventh and Eighth Grade Center and the Chapel Hill Seventh and Eighth Grade Center. One assistant superintendent position was eliminated, leaving the district two assistant superintendents.

School district calendar

Sept. 5 -- Labor Day (no school).

Oct. 19-21 -- Grades K-12, fall break, no school.

Nov. 24-25 -- Thanksgiving break, no school.

Dec. 16 -- Last day before winter recess; Grades K-8 students full day, Grades 9-12 students half day.

Nov. 10 -- Early release

Nov. 25-26 -- Thanksgiving break

Dec. 19-30 -- Winter break, no school.

Jan. 3 -- School resumes.

Jan. 16 -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school.

Feb. 20 -- Presidents Day (no school).

March 1 -- Staff development, no school.

April 3-7 -- Spring break, no school

April 20 -- Staff development (no school)

May 23 -- Grade 12, last day (if no snow days)

May 26 -- Grades K-11, last day.

Superintendent

Terry Thompson, (317) 243-8251

School Board

Stan Ellis, president; (317) 291-7239.

Paul Calabro,(317) 244-1658.

Phyllis Lewis, (317) 244-9807.

Michael Nance, (317) 291-1023.

John Patterson, (317) 637-6754.

Al Stout, (317) 241-1221.

Shirley Deckard, (317) 243-3912.

• The board meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month at the education center building, 1220 S. High School Road

Web site

www.wayne.k12.in.us

Schools

• Bridgeport Elementary School, 9035 W. Morris St., (317) 227-1200. Cheri O'Day, principal.

• Chapel Glen Elementary School, 701 Lansdowne Road, (317) 243-5673. Marc Coapstick, principal.

• Chapelwood Elementary School, 1129 N. Girls School Road, (317) 241-3507. Don DeWeese, principal.

• Garden City Elementary School, 4901 Rockville Road, (317) 241-3940. Nicole Law, principal.

• Maplewood Elementary School, 1643 Dunlap Ave., (317) 243-6733. Janet Ham, principal.

• McClelland Elementary School, 6740 W. Morris St., (317) 241-2569. Eric Webb, principal.

• North Wayne Elementary School, 6950 W. 34th St., (317) 387-7500. Scott Deetz, principal

• Rhoades Elementary School, 502 S. Auburn St., (317) 241-4488. Melissa Brisco, principal.

• Robey Elementary School, 8700 W. 30th St., Clermont, (317) 243-5712. Kyle Fessler, principal.

• Sanders School, 4730 W. Gadsen St., (317) 244-7658. Bonnie Cowley, principal.

• Stout Field Elementary School, 3820 W. Bradbury St., (317) 247-4677. Judy Stegemann, principal.

• Westlake Elementary School, 271 N. Sigsbee St., (317) 244-9759. Jennifer Noll, principal.

• Ben Davis Junior High School, 1155 S. High School Road, (317) 244-2438. Jeff Hubble, principal.

• Chapel Hill Seventh and Eighth Grade Center, (317) 241-9285. Jeff Hubble, principal.

• Lynhurst Seventh and Eighth Grade Center, 4901 W. Gadsden St., (317) 247-6265. Joel McKinney, principal.

• Ben Davis High School, 1200 N. High School Road, (317) 244-7691. David Marcotte, principal.