Bowling Green City School District
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{{Infobox school district
|name = Bowling Green Public Schools
|native_name = Bowling Green City School District
|image = Bowling Green City Schools Office.jpg
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|type = Public School District
|students = Grades PK-12
|city = Bowling Green
|state = Ohio
|country = U.S.
|website = https://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/
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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.
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.{{cite web |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Jan Larson |title=BG green space taking shape as town square – BG Independent News |url=https://bgindependentmedia.org/bg-green-space-taking-shape-as-town-square/ |accessdate=8 July 2019}}
In Fall of 2019 the Bowling Green Middle School began using virtual reality headsets to teach history classes.{{cite web |title=History comes alive with virtual reality at BG Middle School |url=https://www.sent-trib.com/community/history-comes-alive-with-virtual-reality-at-bg-middle-school/article_c0b58dfa-0970-11ea-988d-eb64adb4d6b5.html |website=Sentinel-Tribune |accessdate=6 December 2019}}
Grades 9–12
Grades 6–8
- Bowling Green Middle School
Grades K–5
- Conneaut Elementary{{cite web | url=http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/schools/ | title=Bowling Green City Schools :: Schools | accessdate=25 February 2014}}
- Crim Elementary
- Kenwood Elementary School
=Kenwood Elementary School=
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|name = Kenwood Elementary
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|streetaddress = 710 Kenwood Ave.
|city = Bowling Green
|state = Ohio
|zipcode = 43402
|country = USA
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|schooltype = Elementary school
|fundingtype = public
|status = Open
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|district = Bowling Green City School District
|gender = co-ed
|avg_class_size = 22
|website = [http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/schools/kenwood-elementary/ School Website]
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Kenwood Elementary has 490 students as of 2014.{{cite web | url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/61619 | title=Kenwood Elementary School Profile – Bowling Green, Ohio (OH) | publisher=Public School Review | accessdate=12 March 2014}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/schools/kenwood-elementary/ |title=Bowling Green City Schools :: Kenwood Elementary |access-date=2017-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227063453/http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/schools/kenwood-elementary/ |archive-date=2017-02-27 |url-status=dead }}
==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.{{cite web | url=http://www.bgohio.org/departments/public-works-department/arborist/bowling-green-tree-commission | title=Bowling Green Tree Commission | accessdate=12 March 2014}}
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.{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23916620/man-charged-after-domestic-dispute-in-bowling-green | title=Man charged after domestic dispute in Bowling Green | publisher=CBS Atlanta | date=8 November 2013 | accessdate=12 March 2014 | author=Blade, Nick}}
== Notable alumni ==
- Bob Latta – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{cite web | url=http://www.toledofreepress.com/2013/11/22/death-in-dallas-remembering-the-assassination-of-jfk/ | title=Death in Dallas: Remembering the assassination of JFK | publisher=Toledo Free Press | date=22 November 2013 | accessdate=12 March 2014 | author=Dick, Bailey | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313051301/http://www.toledofreepress.com/2013/11/22/death-in-dallas-remembering-the-assassination-of-jfk/ | archive-date=13 March 2014 | url-status=dead }}
Grade(s) PK
- Bowling Green Preschool
References
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External links
- [http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us District website]
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