Editing French Lick, Indiana (section)

==Education==
[[File:Springs Valley Junior Senior High School.jpg|thumb|[[Springs Valley Junior-Senior High School]]]]
It is in the [[Springs Valley Community School Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18117_orange/DC20SD_C18117.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, IN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-06-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18117_orange/DC20SD_C18117_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The zoned secondary school is [[Springs Valley High School]] (junior and senior high school). 

The Springs Valley district was formed in 1957, when the schools of French Lick and West Baden consolidated.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rex Wells to Coach Springs Valley School|newspaper=[[The Herald (Jasper, Indiana)|The Herald]]|place=[[Jasper, Indiana]]|date=1957-07-24|volume=62|issue=244|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/149197857/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/149197899/ 12]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> French Lick High School was established in 1909, and it consolidated in 1957.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alumni Banquet|newspaper=[[The Dubois County Daily Herald]]|place=[[Jasper, Indiana]]|date=1972-04-26|page=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/149198795/ 10]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> French Lick had the "Red Devils" as a mascot, based on [[Pluto (mythology)|Pluto]], the ruler of the [[underworld]] in [[Greek mythology]]. The school colors were red and white. Prior to the consolidation, French Lick and West Baden Springs high schools were athletic rivals.<ref>{{cite web|last= Blackford|first=Nathan|url=https://www.evansvilleliving.com/schools-out-forever/|title=School’s Out Forever|magazine=[[Evansville Living]]|place=[[Evansville, Indiana]]|date=2014-07-15|access-date=2024-06-12}}</ref>

The town has a lending library, the Melton Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | access-date=March 14, 2018 | archive-date=February 18, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218220414/http://in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>