Flat Rock-Hawcreek installs ‘Home of the Jets’ sign

Flat Rock -Hawcreek School Corp. has installed a new sign proclaiming "Home of the Jets." Photo by Mark Webber

HOPE –The smallest of Bartholomew County’s school corporations is introducing itself on on State Road 9 in a very big way.

A new, nearly 18-foot sign outside the Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp. building is sure to get the attention of motorists in Hope and students who head back to school on Tuesday.

The sign features a gray jet flying out of a large message board reading daily announcements from the corporation’s two schools, Hope Elementary and Hauser Jr.-Sr. High. The bottom of the sign identifies “Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corporation” in big, bold letters. “Home of the Jets” ties it all together.

Superintendent Shawn Price said the sign is nearly 10 years in the making, an idea from a committee of community members and corporation staff and personnel created during a major building renovation in 2010.

For more on this story, see Saturday’s Republic.