Limestone Community High School is a public high school

High school

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 in Bartonville

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, Peoria County

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, Illinois

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. The school is at the corner of Airport and Pfeiffer Roads, has around 1500 students, and is in the Mid-Illini Conference. It is the only high school of Limestone Community High School District 310.

History

Before the 1950s, Bartonville had no high school of its own; students went to Pekin or Peoria, and their expenses were paid for by a non-high-school district, but without control over the schools the students were attending. Consolidating with other school districts was considered, but it was determined that joining Peoria Public Schools District 150 would require annexation into the city of Peoria, and that neither the Elmwood

Elmwood, Illinois

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 or the Glasford

Glasford, Illinois

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 school districts had the capacity to take on the 570 students in the area. A group of educators and other citizens decided that the only solution was to build a high school.

A public election on February 5, 1949, voted District 310 into existence; and, on March 14, the board of education first met and elected its officers.

Limestone Community High School opened on October 14, 1953. It was annexed into the village of Bartonville in June 1957.

A notable Limestone alumnus is Philadelphia Phillies

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 slugger, Jim Thome

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Activities

The sports teams, called the Rockets, wear white and blue. LCHS not only fields many athletic teams, but also offers many clubs and organizations to the students.

External links

• http://www.limestone.k12.il.us/ — official website