Fowler School District R4J is a school district headquartered in
Fowler, Colorado
The Town of Fowler is a statutory town located in northwestern Otero County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,253 at the 2020 United States Census.
History
Fowler was named for Orson Squire Fowler, a phrenologist who founded t ...
. It operates two schools: Fowler Elementary School and Fowler Jr./Sr. High School.
It serves students in northwestern
Otero County and a small section of
Pueblo County
Pueblo County ( or ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,162. The county seat is Pueblo. The county was named for the historic city of Pueblo which took its name from the Spanish la ...
.
History
Education in the Fowler area dates back to 1887, when the first documented school met about a mile southeast of the center of town with Miss Grace Fenlason as teacher. A school board was established around 1889. Fowler voters approved a bond to build a permanent schoolhouse in 1901. Fowler School District 26 was organized in 1903, the same year that the high school saw its first graduate. By 1906, students were being educated at the school in Fowler and a schoolhouse in Omer.
A reorganization in 1961 created Fowler School District R4j and brought in superintendent Larry Vibber, who had been the superintendent in nearby
Sugar City prior to
Crowley County school districts being reorganized and consolidated. A new high school was constructed in 1964.
Superintendents
* Jearl Nunnelee
* Larry Vibber (1962 - 2009)
* Steve Grasmick
* Alfie Lotrich (2017-)
Extracurricular activities
The Fowler Grizzlies compete in
Colorado High School Activities Association
The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) is the governing body for all high school activities throughout the state of Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United Stat ...
sports in the 2A classification and 8-man football. Brent Van Hee is among the 29 four-time state wrestling champions in Colorado with titles won from 1983 to 1986.
References
External links
*
{{School districts in Colorado
School districts in Colorado
Education in Otero County, Colorado
Education in Pueblo County, Colorado