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Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation

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Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation
Address
600 S Edgewood Dr
Elletsville
, Indiana, 47429
United States
District information
TypeSchool district
Corporation
MottoCaring. Daring. Preparing.
GradesPK-12
SuperintendentDr. Jerry Sanders[1]
Chair of the boardDana Robert Kerr
District ID1809480
Students and staff
Students2,702[2]
Athletic conferenceWestern Indiana Conference
ColorsRed and black
Other information
Websiterbbschools.net

Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation (RBB) is a public school corporation located in northwestern Monroe County, Indiana, USA.[3] RBB and Monroe County Community School Corporation are the only two school corporations serving the county.[4] RBB serves Ellettsville, Stinesville, Beanblossom Township, and Richland Township.[5][6] The Richland-Bean Blossom Metropolitan School District was formed in 1963 and became the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation in 1965.[7] The district is accredited by AdvancED.[8]

The district's budget for 2021 was $28.8 million; a $47,121 loss was expected, but it would not impact RBB until the 2024-25 academic year.[9] In 2021, results from the ILEARN test, a standardized exam introduced to the district in 2019, showed that only 31.7% of students were proficient in both math and English, though the value of these statistics were questioned due to the pandemic's effect on learning.[1]

High schools

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Edgewood High School (9-12)

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Edgewood High School (EHS) in Elletsville was founded in 1964 when Stinesville and Ellettsville high schools were consolidated.[10][11] School enrollment for the 2019-2020 academic year was 770; 92% of students are white.[12] The EHS Mustangs participate in the Western Indiana Conference for football, golf, sideline cheer, soccer, volleyball, cross-country, basketball, dance, wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, baseball, softball, tennis, track, and lacrosse.[13] Non-athletic student organizations include AESOP Magazine, Academic Super Bowl (1997 State Champions in math, English, social studies, fine arts, and interdisciplinary studies),[14] GSA, Key Club, National Honor Society, and Spanish Club.[15] Their theatre arts group is called the Masqued Crafters.[16] The Marching Mustangs were first in the 2018 Open Class C Indiana State School Music Association competition and placed second the following year.[17] Dirk Ackerman was the principal for the 2021-2022 academic school year.[18]

Middle schools

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Edgewood Junior High School (6-8)

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Edgewood Junior High School (EJHS) in Ellettsville opened in 1969 in a brand-new building and offers grades six, seven, and eight.[7][19][20] 618 students attend EJHS, 92% of which are white.[2] Students can participate in cross country, football, volleyball, tennis, basketball, swimming and diving, wrestling, track and field, baseball, and softball.[21] Jonathan Siegelin was the principal for the 2020-2021 academic year.[8] They have two choirs: Mini Warehouse and the girls' group Center Stage.[22]

Elementary schools

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Edgewood Intermediate School (3-5)

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Edgewood Intermediate School (EIS) is in Ellettsville and serves grades 3-5.[23] 632 were enrolled for the 2019-2020 academic year, 89% of which were white.[24] In 2008, EIS won the state's Outdoor Lab of the Year recognition[25] and was recertified as a STEM school by the Indiana Department of Education in 2021.[26] Jennifer Lee was the principal for the 2020-2021 academic year.[27] The mascot for EIS is an eagle.[27]

Edgewood Primary School (K-2)

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Edgewood Primary School (EPS) is located in Ellettsville, offers pre-kindergarten through second grade, and has an enrollment of 581, 92% of which are white.[28][29] EPS' mascot is the pony.[30] Brenda Whitaker was the principal for the 2020-2021 academic year.[30] In 2021, EPS was recertified by the Indiana Department of Education as a STEM school.[26]

Other schools

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Edgewood Early Childhood Center (PK)

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Edgewood Early Childhood Center (EECC) is a level 3 Paths to QUALITY school, a rating given by the state, located in Ellettsville.[31][32] The school has started working towards a level four rating, which would involve being nationally accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.[32] The preschool coordinator for 2020-2021 was Matt Wooden.[33]

Edge Alternative School

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Edge Alternative School (EAS) offers students who did not have the opportunity to graduate on time due to any variety of obstacles a chance to earn high school credit.[34][35] It is considered a dropout prevention program.[36]

Forest Hills Special Education Cooperative

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Forest Hills Special Education Cooperative in Ellettsville is a collaborative special education program between RBB and Spencer-Owen Community Schools.[37]

Former schools

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Ellettsville Elementary

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Ellettsville Elementary closed unceremoniously in the early 2000s despite being one of the state's largest elementary schools in 1993 and became a commercial space known as Eagle's Landing.[38][39] In 2016, Seven Oaks Classical School, a public charter, moved into the building as part of a multi-stage expansion plan.[40]

Stinesville Elementary

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Due to decreasing enrollment numbers and increasing repair costs, RBB voted to close Stinesville Elementary School at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year despite community protests.[41][42] In 2019, the district sold the vacant building to the town council for $1.[43][44]

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  27. ^ a b "Edgewood Intermediate School 2020-2021 Parent/Student Handbook". Edgewood Intermediate School. n.d. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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  39. ^ "Rentals = Ellettsville - Eagle's Landing". The Times-Mail. Bedford, Indiana. December 26, 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
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