Silver Grove Independent Schools

Defunct school district in Kentucky

Silver Grove Independent Schools was a school district located in Silver Grove, a small community in Campbell County, Kentucky. The area served by the school district included the town of Silver Grove and environs. The school, which had grades from pre-kindergarten through 12 in a single building, used "Big Trains" as its athletic nickname, stemming from the city's and school district's founding in 1911 when the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad built a railyard in the community.[1] The local station has since been remodeled into a drywall plant.

In the 2017–18 school year, the district had 172 students.[2] In February 2019 the district had slightly over 200 students, with one source citing 215[3] and another 211.[1] That month the district voted to merge into the surrounding Campbell County Schools district,[4] and the county board voted to accept the merger.[1] The district held its final day of instruction on May 16, 2019,[5] formally merging with the Campbell County district on July 1 of that year.[6]

## Schools[edit]

* Silver Grove School

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Mayhew, Chris (February 19, 2019). "Campbell County moves to merge with Silver Grove schools by July 1". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
2. ^ Honeycutt Spears, Valarie (2019-02-12). "Kentucky will have one less school district with this decision to close and merge". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, KY. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
3. ^ Monks, Michael (2019-02-12). "Board Votes to Close, Merge Silver Grove Schools". WVXU. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
4. ^ Flexter, Kate (2019-02-14). "Silver Grove Independent school board votes to merge with county". WCPO-TV. Cincinnati. Retrieved 2019-10-25. \- Updated May 24, 2019.
5. ^ Suro, Paola (2019-05-16). "Last day ever for Silver Grove Independent Schools". WCPO-TV. Cincinnati. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
6. ^ Crumbie, Trey (2019-07-04). "Education commissioner troubled by West Point school district". The News-Enterprise. Elizabethtown, KY. Retrieved 2019-10-25. "On July 1, Silver Grove Independent School District merged with Campbell County Schools . . ."

## Further reading[edit]

* "Kentucky school district votes to close, merge with neighbor". Associated Press. 2019-02-14.

## External links[edit]

* Silver Grove Schools
* Silver Grove Independent Schools at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

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