| Buckeye Valley Local Schools | |
|---|---|
| Motto | The mission of the Buckeye Valley Local School District is to achieve excellence through growth and learning for each student's success |
| Established | 1963 |
| Type | Public School |
| Location | Delaware, Ohio, United States |
| Colors | Brown and Gold |
| Mascot | Fighting Baron |
| Website | www.buckeyevalley.k12.oh.us |
The Buckeye Valley Local School District is located in Delaware, Ohio and is made up primarily of students from the Ashley, Ostrander and Radnor areas. The district currently consists of three elementary schools (East in Ashley, West in Ostrander and North in Radnor), one middle school and one high school (both in Troy Twp.) The school's colors are brown and gold and their mascot is the Fighting Baron.
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The Buckeye Valley Local School District was established in 1963 as a conglomeration of the local Ashley, Ostrander, and Radnor schools. BARONS stands for Bellpoint, Ashley, Radnor, Ostrander, Norton, Scioto, all the areas in the district. The district also includes Kilbourne as it too was consolidated into the corporation in 1971.
The Buckeye Valley Administrative offices are located near the middle and high school buildings on Coover Road in Delaware. The "Big House", as it is called informally, houses the offices of the Superintendent, Directors of Administrative Services, Curriculum, Special Education, Classified Services, and the Treasurer.
Each of these elementary schools were kindergarten through 8th grade buildings from 1963 until 1986. When the Junior High schools consolidated to form a middle school using the Radnor building, the Ashley and Ostrander buildings housed the East and West elementaries with grades kindergarten through 5th grade until the new middle school was built in 2002. The Radnor building then became the North elementary, also housing kindergarten though 5th grade. Each elementary school has approximately 300 to 400 students.
(Note: the town of Kilbourne also had an elementary known as Brown Elementary, which was open from 1971 until 1986. It housed students grades kindergarten through 6th grade, which fed into Ashley Jr. High).
BVMS was a consolidation of the Ostrander, Radnor, and Ashley Jr. High Schools in 1986. The original middle school was the Radnor building, located in Radnor, Ohio (now the home of North Elementary). The new middle school building was built in 2002 and has won many design awards, including the 1998 James D. MacConnell Award for design excellence from the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International. Today it houses nearly 550 students grades 6th through 8th.
The Buckeye Valley High School Barons was established in 1963 as a consoldation of the Elm Valley (Ashley) Aces, the Radnor (Local) Trojans, and the Scioto Valley (Ostrander) Rockets. The high school building located on Coover Road in Troy Township still exists to this day. It has had one expansion in 2002 and will be added onto once again in 2010. Over the years, BVHS had around 600 students in the Sr. High school. Today it houses grades ninth through twelfth and has approximately 800 students in attendance.