Rossford Exempted Village School District

Rossford Public Schools is a school district in Northwest Ohio. The school district serves students who live in the communities of Rossford, Northwood, Perrysburg, Perrysburg Township, and Lake Township located in Wood County. The superintendent is Dan Creps.

Rossford Public Schools
Rossford Exempted Village School District
Motto""
TypePublic School District
StudentsGrades K-12
Location
Rossford
,
Ohio
,
U.S.
CampusCity
Websitehttp://www.rossford.k12.oh.us/

Grades 9-12

Grades 6-8
  • Rossford Junior High School - 651 Superior St. (temporarily at 401 Glenwood Rd. in Rossford until Spring 2020)[2]

Grades K-5
  • Rossford Elementary - 28500 Lime City Rd. Will serve as the K-5th grade building beginning with the 2019-20 school year.[3]

Former elementary schools
  • Alter Elementary - 721 Dixie Hwy.[4] (a Catholic school within Rossford's district, it was consolidated in 1973 by the merger of the parish schools at St. Mary Magdalene (721 Dixie Hwy.) and Sts. Cyril and Methodius (124 Maple St.)[5] Alter became All Saints Catholic School when the church parishes merged in 1991[6] and was demolished in 1999 after the school had moved to 630 Lime City Rd. in Rossford.)[7]
  • Eagle Point Elementary - 203 Eagle Point Rd. (opened in 1929[8]) Was a Pre K-6 building until 2014 when it housed grades 3-5 after the district restructured its elementary school setup for the 2014-15 school year.[9] Closed in 2019.
  • Glenwood Elementary - 8950 Avenue Rd. (current building opened in 1929)[10] Annexed by Rossford in 1957,[11] Glenwood was a Pre K-6 building until 2014 when it housed grades Pre K-2 until its closure and demolition in 2019.
  • Indian Hills Elementary - 401 Glenwood Rd. (opened in 1970,[12] former Pre K-6 school closed after the 2013-14 school year.)[13]
  • Lime City School - 26431 Lime City Rd, Perrysburg 43551[14] (annexed by Rossford in 1958,[15] the building was temporarily closed in 1982 and never reopened.)[16][17][18][19] Lime City was a "sister" school to Glenwood, usually only having a few grades within the building.[20]
  • Walnut Street School - Walnut St. at Beech St. (built in 1914, closed Feb. 1, 1970 when Indian Hills opened.)[21] Became a civic center before it was demolished.

Other

Rossford's school district is also the location for the Penta Career Center at 9301 Buck Rd. Along with Rossford, it serves 15 other school districts across five counties.[22]

References
  1. https://www.rossfordschools.org/rossfordhighschool_home.aspx
  2. https://www.rossfordschools.org/rossfordjuniorhighschool_home.aspx
  3. https://www.rossfordschools.org/rossfordelementaryschool_home.aspx
  4. Jewell, Tom (May 12, 1998). "Rossford board studying plan to buy former Catholic school". Toledo Blade. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  5. "Rossford Parishes OK Merger Of Two Schools". Toledo Blade. March 5, 1973. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  6. "History of All Saints Roman Catholic Parish". All Saints Catholic Church. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  7. "Firm hired to raze All Saints School". Toledo Blade. July 1, 1999. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  8. "Rossford Seeks $1.4 Million Bond Issue For Students". Toledo Blade. July 12, 1967. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  9. Church, Beth (May 9, 2013). "And then there were five... School facilities plans narrowed for voters" (PDF). . Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=199043970271069&set=a.197485677093565.1073741828.197343737107759&type=1&theater
  11. Braatz, George (August 11, 1967). "Wood County Watching School Districts Vanish". Toledo Blade. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  12. "Rossford Sets Building Bids". Toledo Blade. March 13, 1968. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  13. Montgomery, Amy (February 5, 2013). "Rossford schools to close Indian Hills elementary". WTVG 13abc Toledo. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  14. Messina, Ignazio (June 3, 1999). "Old school soon to be history". Toledo Blade. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  15. Braatz, George (August 11, 1967). "Wood County Watching School Districts Vanish". Toledo Blade. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  16. "Rossford School Board Due To Act March 15 On Redistricting Plan". Toledo Blade. March 8, 1982. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  17. "Rossford Schools Study Elimination Of 20 Jobs". Toledo Blade. March 23, 1982. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  18. "Students To Go To New Schools". Toledo Blade. August 24, 1982. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  19. "Meeting Called On Revision Of School Districts (explains that in Feb. 1985, Rossford had 3 elementary schools, which did not include Lime City. It had been temporarily closed in 1982 and was never reopened.)". Toledo Blade. February 12, 1985. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  20. "Schools Feeling Pinch Of Crowded Classrooms". Toledo Blade. October 18, 1977. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  21. "Abandoned Rossford School Will Become Civic Center". Toledo Blade. May 12, 1970. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  22. http://www.pentacareercenter.org/StudentServicesCounselors.aspx

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