Bowling Green City School District

Bowling Green City Schools is a school district in northwest Ohio, the United States. The school district serves students who live in the city of Bowling Green located in Wood County including the villages of Portage, Rudolph, Sugar Ridge, Milton Center and Custar.

Bowling Green Public Schools
Bowling Green City School District
Location
Bowling Green
, Ohio
U.S.
District information
TypePublic School District
Students and staff
StudentsGrades PK-12
Other information
Websitehttps://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/

It is the second largest school district in Wood County, after Perrysburg Exempted Village School District.

History

Dr. Ann McVey took over as Superintendent in January 2011, replacing Hugh Caumartin who retired in December 2010 after 13½ years as Superintendent. In 2009, Bowling Green Middle School opened for students in grades 7 and 8. The former Junior High that once stood on W. Wooster Street was demolished in 2012 and is now used as the Wooster Green.[1]

In Fall of 2019 the Bowling Green Middle School began using virtual reality headsets to teach history classes.[2]

Grades 9–12

Grades 6–8
  • Bowling Green Middle School

Grades K–5
  • Conneaut Elementary[3]
  • Crim Elementary [3]
  • Kenwood Elementary School[3]

Kenwood Elementary School
Kenwood Elementary
Address
710 Kenwood Ave.

Bowling Green
,
Ohio
43402

United States
Coordinates41°21′54″N 83°39′09″W
Information
School typepublic, Elementary school
StatusOpen
School districtBowling Green City School District
PrincipalKathleen Daney[4]
GradesK—6
Genderco-ed
Enrollment490[5]
Average class size22
WebsiteSchool Website

Kenwood Elementary has 490 students as of 2014.[5][6]

History

On April 9, 2013, which was Arbor day, the fifth grade students of the school were involved in helping with the maintenance of existing trees in Bowling Green. At the end, a sugar maple tree was planted on the south side of the school.[7]

On November 8, 2013, Kenwood Elementary received a call from Bowling Green Police Division at 11:45 a.m and was locked down. Nobody was injured during the incident.[8]

Notable alumni

Grade(s) PK
  • Bowling Green Preschool

References
  1. McLaughlin, Jan Larson. "BG green space taking shape as town square – BG Independent News". Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. "History comes alive with virtual reality at BG Middle School". Sentinel-Tribune. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. "Bowling Green City Schools :: Schools". Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. "Principal". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  5. "Kenwood Elementary School Profile – Bowling Green, Ohio (OH)". Public School Review. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. "Bowling Green City Schools :: Kenwood Elementary". Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  7. "Bowling Green Tree Commission". Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  8. Blade, Nick (8 November 2013). "Man charged after domestic dispute in Bowling Green". CBS Atlanta. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  9. Dick, Bailey (22 November 2013). "Death in Dallas: Remembering the assassination of JFK". Toledo Free Press. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

41°20′N 83°40′W

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