Bettsville High School

Bettsville High School was a public high school in Bettsville, Ohio. It was the only high school in the Bettsville Local Schools district. Their nickname was the Bobcats. They were members of the Midland Athletic League.

Bettsville High School
Location
118 Washington Street
Bettsville, Ohio 44815
Coordinates41.245°N 83.232°W / 41.245; -83.232
Information
TypePublic
Closed2014 (Consolidated with Old Fort High School)
School districtBettsville Local Schools
PrincipalPaul Orshoski
GradesK-12
Color(s)Black and Orange    
MascotBobcats
Websitewww.bettsville.k12.oh.us

Bettsville High School was part of the K-12 Bettsville School. The entire district was located in north-central Seneca County and covered most of Liberty Township, as well as the town of Bettsville itself.[1]

When the Midland Athletic League folded in 2014, Bettsville was to become an athletic independent,[2] but its consolidation with Old Fort prevented such an issue.

Bettsville's final school year

In January 2014, a community forum of 200+ people at the Bettsville school showed that a majority were in favor of letting their district be absorbed into the neighboring school district for Old Fort.[3] This was mainly due to the increasingly large deficit the Bettsville school board was faced with, which was estimated to be around $775,000. The school district was also placed under fiscal emergency on February 6, 2014 by state auditor Dave Yost.[4] Old Fort was decided as the best fit after approaching other neighboring districts because Bettsville and Old Fort already shared administration and staff. Bettsville's school became a much-needed K-6 building for Old Fort while the 7-12 students would attend Old Fort High School.[5]

Other less popular options voted on were to keep Bettsville open, but make severe cuts to staff and extracurricular activities while asking for a levy to pass; or to allow the students to open-enroll at other districts and keep the building open solely to be cared for by a maintenance staff.

Bettsville's board of education approved the resolution to join under Old Fort, which was then approved by Old Fort's board. For the 2014–15 school year, Bettsville's district territory transferred to Old Fort's.[6]

Athletics

Midland Athletic League championships (1985-2014)
  • Boys Cross Country: 1986
  • Golf: 1993, 1995

Notes and references
  1. http://www.development.ohio.gov/reports/reports_schooldistricts_map_r2.htm
  2. Schmidt, Dave (April 4, 2013). "CONFIRMED: Bettsville Denied SRL Membership". The Senior Reports. Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  3. Herbert, Amber (January 31, 2014). "Bettsville school eyes combining with Old Fort". Fostoria Review Times. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  4. Walby, Nicole (February 7, 2014). "Bettsville schools in fiscal emergency". Tiffin Adviser-Tribune. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. McCray, Vanessa (June 22, 2014). "Bettsville schools to merge with old rival". Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 30, 2014.


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