Carroll High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Carroll High School
Address
3701 Carroll Road Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46818 United States
Coordinates	41°11′25″N 85°11′33″W / 41.19028°N 85.19250°W / 41.19028; -85.19250Coordinates: 41°11′25″N 85°11′33″W / 41.19028°N 85.19250°W / 41.19028; -85.19250
Information
Established	1969
Locale	Suburban
School district	Northwest Allen County Schools
Superintendent	Chris Himsel
Principal	Sam Diprimio
Faculty	130[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2100[1] (2013-2014)
Color(s)	Blue and White
Mascot	Chargers
Newspaper	The Charger
Website	Website

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 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 cafeteria. As of 2010, Carroll High School has the second largest high school campus in Indiana.

History

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.^[2] 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.

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."^[2]

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. Carroll's Student News program is Out of the Blue, shown on local channels Comcast 54 and Verizon 24.

Athletics

Notable alumni

• Jon Fitch, professional mixed martial artist, formerly with the UFC^[3]

References

External links

• School website
• NW Allen County Schools