Bio: Jantsch, Joseph – Honored (May 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Jantsch

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 19 May 1976

Joseph Jantsch, a native of the Dorchester area, has been honored recently when the board of education of Spokane, Washington Continuation High School voted to rename the school. The 44-year-old high school will become the Joseph Jantsch Senior High School, in honor of the founder of the school back in 1932.

The Continuation High School was started by Jantsch at Lew and Clark High School in Spokane to teach students on a “one-to-one” basis. This was thought to be the first high school of its kind in the United States. During the first 27 years Jantsch was principal and only teacher at the school. At 82, he still lives in Spokane.

Jantsch was born in the Town of Holton and received his early education in the rural school at Bruckerville. He attended the universities at Stevens Pint, and also at Superior and Madison. He taught in the Barry School in the Town of Holton years ago, and taught in High schools in Wisconsin. Jantsch lived in Milwaukee before he moved to Spokane, where he now resides.

His is broth to William and John Jantsch, both living in Dorchester.