Yost Elementary News Today

During the Duneland school board meeting on Monday night, a parent raised concerns over potential harmful dust and noise from construction inside two schools.

Work on Bailly, Brummitt, Jackson and Liberty elementary schools began this summer.

At 4,000 plush toys a year, attorney Ken Allen estimates he has donated 50,000 to 80,000 of them over the years. The toys are distributed to schools in Lake and

Jennifer Herold of Eads Elementary School in Munster, Becky Holmen of Yost Elementary School in Chesterton and Erin Parker of LaPorte High School were each named teachers of the year

“We’ll be working with staff members in all three schools over the next month to finalize designs with the intent to begin construction in the summer,” Superintendent Chip Pettit said.

The Duneland School Corp. is looking to launch various long-term capital improvement projects in the coming year. Plans include closing Chesterton Middle School and building a new Newton Yost Elementary School. For more information on the projects, visit nwi.com, or view project documents at www.duneland.k12.in.us/domain/443.  Connor Burge, The Times CHESTERTON — Community members largely voiced support for Duneland School Corp.’s multimillion-dollar long-term capital im...