Brumfield Elementary School
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Elementary school
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located near Princeton Community High School
Princeton Community High School
Princeton Community High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Princeton, Indiana. The high school is a part of the North Gibson School Corporation. The school is located on Old US Highway 41 North. The school operates a television station, W06BD, from studios at the high...
in Princeton, Indiana
Princeton, Indiana
The median income for a household in the city was $26,689, and the median income for a family was $37,308. Males had a median income of $28,076 versus $19,825 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,049...
, USA
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and is part of the North Gibson School Corporation
North Gibson School Corporation
The North Gibson School Corporation is the second largest of the three public school governing institutions in Gibson County, Indiana, United States as well as one of the twenty largest in enrollment in Southwestern Indiana. The NGSC is responsible for a district including three townships of...
. The school was opened in 1976 and the current principal is Mary Ann O'Neal. The sports teams are known as the 'Little Tigers'. Brumfield Elementary is a double Blue Ribbon school
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
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History
Brumfield Elementary School was opened in 1976 to relieve pressure on the other two elementary schools in the North Gibson School CorporationNorth Gibson School Corporation
The North Gibson School Corporation is the second largest of the three public school governing institutions in Gibson County, Indiana, United States as well as one of the twenty largest in enrollment in Southwestern Indiana. The NGSC is responsible for a district including three townships of...
, Lowell Bicentennial School and the ageing and now decommissioned Baldwin Heights Elementary School. The principal was James Kolb.
After the 1994-1995 school year, Kolb resigned; he is now the Gibson County
Gibson County, Indiana
Gibson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana and is included in the Evansville, Indiana–Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 33,503. The county seat is Princeton.-Geography:...
Treasurer. He was replaced by Irie Horrall, former principal at Baldwin Heights Elementary.
For the 1996-1997 school year, the school was reorganised as part of a very controversial plan to close Baldwin Heights Elementary, move kindergarten through second grade to both Lowell School and the "Early Learning Center" set up in an unused area of Princeton Community High School
Princeton Community High School
Princeton Community High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Princeton, Indiana. The high school is a part of the North Gibson School Corporation. The school is located on Old US Highway 41 North. The school operates a television station, W06BD, from studios at the high...
, and use Brumfield for third through fifth grades. That same year, Irie Horrall retired and was replaced by Dan Gilbert.
Options for a further reorganisation were considered in early 2008.
Blue Ribbon school
Brumfield Elementary has been awarded the national Blue Ribbon Award for ExcellenceBlue Ribbon Schools Program
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by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
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twice, first during the 1987-1988 school year and then again during the 1991-1992 school year. This is the highest award that can be given to a US school.