Bear Valley Unified School District

Bear Valley Unified School District
Location
Big Bear Lake, California
San Bernardino County
United States
District information
Type Public
Grades Kindergarten – Grade 12
Other information
Website www.bearvalleyusd.org

Bear Valley Unified School District is a school district in San Bernardino County, California, supporting the towns of the Big Bear area such as Boulder Bay, Fawnskin, Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Surgarloaf, etc. The district serves seven schools: Big Bear Elementary, North Shore Elementary, Baldwin Lane Elementary, Fallsvale Elementary (which is not in Big Bear), Big Bear Middle School, Big Bear High School, and Chautauqua High School (a continuation school).

History

Big Bear Elementary School is the first and oldest school in the Bear Valley. The school was called Big Bear School and it served students from K-12th grades. Later in 1948, the growth of the population made Big Bear build its first high school, which is now Big Bear Middle School. As the years passed, the population kept rising dramatically due to the new ski resort [Snow Summit], which was created in 1954, and many new tourist attractions. As a result of this, Big Bear built a newer high school in the Sugarloaf community of Big Bear. The old Big Bear High School was changed to Big Bear Middle School. Big Bear Middle school was at first attended by 6-8 graders. In the 1996-1997 school year it then only taught 7th and 8th grade and the 6th grade classes were transferred to the 3 elementary schools based on location. By this time the district had 3 schools: Big Bear Elementary, Big Bear Middle School, and Big Bear High School. After the high school was built many local residents were upset at the fact that the school was in the ugliest area of Big Bear, and it caused big controversy and it still is a big issue to some local residents to this day. During the 1970s and 1980s Big Bear formed North Shore Elementary, and Baldwin Lane Elementary. and in the 1990s the district added Fallsvale Elementary to the list. The district has been that way ever since.

Elementary schools

Middle schools

High schools

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    Coordinates: 34°14′39″N 116°52′55″W / 34.2441°N 116.8820°W / 34.2441; -116.8820

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