SYRACUSE — Not unlike many other school districts statewide, the Wawasee Community School Corporation finds itself with a shortage of bus drivers. Some districts have eliminated routes and a few have went so far as to request eliminating offering any transportation. Wawasee has had to consolidate some routes due to a shortage of drivers and …read more.

SYRACUSE — A fundraising effort by two Wawasee High School students on the campus radio station last year resulted in a public service award from the Indiana Broadcasters Association. During the regular monthly meeting of the Wawasee school board Tuesday evening, Aug. 14, in Syracuse, the board heard a report from Jeremy Van Lue, Pathways …read more.

SYRACUSE — School corporation administration responded to a grandparent’s concern about school bus safety. During the Sept. 12 Wawasee Community School Corporation board meeting, Rhonda Ousley, who lives near North Webster, asked for consideration to install cameras near the stop arms on buses. She noted she had seen multiple occurrences of vehicle drivers not stopping …read more.

SYRACUSE — For anyone who takes care of a child in school and that child rides on a bus, it is a scary and unsettling thought, to say the least, a vehicle driver would disregard an activated stop arm of the bus and drive on through. But it does happen and statistics indicate it occurs …read more.

SYRACUSE — They could be described as rolling billboards for Wawasee Community Schools. Two new buses for the school corporation’s fleet are already attracting attention and will see plenty of use during the coming school year. Using additional funds in the bus replacement fund, Wawasee purchased two 46-passenger activity buses from Kerlin Bus Sales in …read more.

SYRACUSE — Beginning sometime after Labor Day, visitors to any of the schools in the Wawasee Community School Corporation will experience something much different than they’re used to. Security upgrades will mean visitors will be greeted by Raptor, a new camera system. The Wawasee school board was given a brief report about Raptor during the …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee students can voluntarily enter a poster contest in conjunction with National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 17-21.