Buckeye Elementary School District
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Buckeye Elementary School District 33 is a school district in Maricopa County, Arizona, feeding into Buckeye Union High School District. The district consists of seven K-8 schools, with more than 5,200 students and 650 staff.[citation needed]
History
The first school in Buckeye was built in 1889. It was a one-room school made of lumber and located on the north side of Clanton Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. Just one year after it was built (1890), W. J. Melton organized a Baptist church group which met there on Sundays and for socials. The school outgrew the building and had to move, but the church remained there until 1931. In 1903, Buckeye built a four-room, two-story, red brick building with an outdoor stairway with a woodshed under the stairway. It was just east of the original school and across from the present elementary school (211. S. Seventh Street, Buckeye, AZ 85326.) There were two large rooms on the ground floor and two upstairs.
In 1937, the Buckeye Elementary School was constructed on its current location.
As the community of Buckeye grew, so did the school district:
2002 - Bales Elementary School
2004 - Sundance Elementary School
2005 - WestPark Elementary School
2006 - Jasinski Elementary School
2009 - Inca Elementary School
2017 - Marionneaux Elementary School
The Buckeye Elementary Preschool, located on the campus of Buckeye Elementary School, opened a separate campus adjacent to BES in 2004 and an additional campus at Jasinski Elementary in 2017.
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Governing Board
The Buckeye Elementary School District Governing Board consists of five members, each of whom resides within the school district and is elected to a four-year term. They serve voluntarily. Governing Board President is Marcus Eads, Clerk is Jane Hunt, Member Richard Hopkins, Member Amy Lovitt and Member Gina Ragsdale.