SYRACUSE — Volunteer organizations are banding together to showcase everything they do for the communities within the Wawasee Community School Corp. district. The result of their collaboration will be a Volunteer Expo from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Syracuse Community Center. “We want everybody there,” Larry Rensberger, who is helping organize …read more.

The bottom line is when a school corporation can save on energy costs, it frees up money that can be used elsewhere. Especially the last few years, budgets for the Wawasee Community School Corp. have either shrunk or shown very little increase. This has created an urgent need to look for ways to reduce energy …read more.

When recently retired Wawasee Community School Corp. bus driver Ethel Weaver began driving a bus in 1973, it was not automatic, did not have power steering, a radio or security cameras. Instead of push buttons, there were levers to pull or crank. And if the bus broke down, the kids on board would walk home. Weaver was the …read more.