Silver Grove Independent Schools was a
school district
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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
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P. Huntington, it reached from Virginia's capital city of Richmond to ...
built a railyard in the community.
The local station has since been remodeled into a drywall plant.
In the 2017â18 school year, the district had 172 students. In February 2019 the district had slightly over 200 students, with one source citing 215 and another 211.
[ That month the district voted to merge into the surrounding Campbell County Schools district, and the county board voted to accept the merger.][ The district held its final day of instruction on May 16, 2019, formally merging with the Campbell County district on July 1 of that year.]
Schools
* Silver Grove School
References
Further reading
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External links
Silver Grove Schools
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Education in Campbell County, Kentucky
Former school districts in Kentucky
1911 establishments in Kentucky
2019 disestablishments in Kentucky
School districts established in 1911
School districts disestablished in 2019
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