Western School Corporation

Western School Corporation is a public school district which serves Russiaville, Alto, New London, West Middleton, and southwestern Kokomo in Howard County, Indiana. The school buildings themselves straddle two Howard County townships, Harrison and Monroe. The district itself spans three Howard County Townships: Harrison, Honey Creek and Monroe.

The school came to national attention in the mid-1980s due to its failure to re-admit hemophiliac Ryan White after being diagnosed with AIDS and recovering from an opportunistic infection (viral pneumonia). 117 parents (from a school of 360 total students) and 50 teachers signed a petition encouraging school leaders to ban White from school.

Western High School was Founded in 1949. in 2008-2009 its enrollment was 813.

Its colors are black, red, and white, and its mascot is the panther.

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