![]() It was the largest crowd there since President Coolidge dedicated the park in 1927. On October 31, 2008, Barack Obama, who four days later would be elected the 44th President of the United States, stopped in Highland for a rally that drew 40,000 people to Wicker Park. Significant floods have affected Highland in 2008, 2007, and especially in September 2006. Highland, as with other towns along the Little Calumet River, has historically been subject to flooding, particularly during spring, and particularly in areas away from Ridge Road, which runs along the highest land in the town. In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge visited and delivered the dedication address for Wicker Memorial Park, located on the west side of the town. In 1992, the Indiana Historical Bureau placed a state historical marker at 8941 Kleinman Road ( 41☃3′2″N 87☂6′14″W / 41.55056°N 87.43722°W / 41.55056 -87.43722) to recognize the immigration of Dutch in the Calumet Region. 304 people resided in Highland when it was incorporated in 1910. Dutch settlers began moving to Highland shortly thereafter from nearby Munster. The town slowly expanded until the early 1880s, when the development of Chicago & Atlantic railroad trackage through the town attracted agriculture and manufacturing industries. In 1847, two pioneers from Ohio, Michael and Judith Johnston, became Highland's first settlers. History An 1836 government survey plat of Indiana Survey Township 36N, Range 9W, 2nd Principal Meridian, with the modern borders of Highland outlined in red. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and North Township, and is surrounded by Hammond to the north, Munster to the west, Schererville to the south and Griffith to the east. The town was incorporated on April 4, 1910. The population was 23,984 at the 2020 census. Debra Wright Contact information 33 ext.Highland is a town in Lake County, Indiana, United States. ![]() Dothan City Schools Title IX Coordinator Dr. ![]() "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. The Dothan City Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. ![]() It is the policy of the Dothan City Board of Education that no student will be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination in any program or activity on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, disability, age or color. The Dothan City Board of Education is established under authority of state law for the purpose of exercising general supervision and administration of the public schools serving school age children who reside within the city limits of the City of Dothan, and of promoting the interests of the Dothan City Schools and the children they serve. ![]()
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