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As of 11 November 2026
Three of the corporation's five schools stand in town — New Prairie High School, New Prairie Middle School, and Olive Township Elementary School — and the corporation's government touches the town through its two Olive seats. Superintendent: Dr. Paul White, verified current in the board notes of 24 August and 26 October 2026; his contract runs 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2031, at a base salary of $154,000 from 1 July 2026. The board, on the corporation's own page: Phillip King, President, District 3 (Kankakee/Galena); Jason DeMeyer, Vice-President, at large, District 3; Jill Smith, Secretary, at large, District 1 (Olive); Rich Shail, member, District 1 (Olive); Rich Gadacz, member, District 2 (Hudson/Wills — the corporation's spelling; the township is Wills). The Olive seats were not on the 2026 ballot. The 2026 races were the at-large seat and District 2, and they carry a conflict and a caveat that print with them: the Tribune lists three at-large candidates — DeMeyer, Eric J. Beebe, and David Siddall — where Vote Book lists only DeMeyer and Beebe; and the only returns reached, La Porte County's unofficial summary of 4 November 2026, give the at-large La Porte portion as DeMeyer 1,675 (55.70 percent) to Beebe 1,332 (44.30), with Siddall not listed, and District 2 to Gadacz uncontested at 2,278. The caveat: the corporation spans La Porte and St. Joseph counties, and those are the La Porte portion only — the districtwide at-large total requires the St. Joseph (Olive precinct) votes, not reached, settler the St. Joseph County Clerk's precinct summary. Gadacz is re-elected on any completion of the count, a transition to the new board year.