Forest Hills Local School District

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Forest Hills Local School District
Forest Hills Local School District Logo 2015+.png
Location
Anderson Township Cincinnati metropolitan area
United States
District information
TypePublic
MottoENGAGE • EMPOWER • EXCEL
SuperintendentLarry Hook
Schools
  • Anderson High School
  • Ayer Elementary School
  • Maddux Elementary School
  • Mercer Elementary School
  • Nagel Middle School
  • Sherwood Elementary School
  • Summit Elementary School
  • Turpin High School
  • Wilson Elementary School
Students and staff
Studentsapprox. 1,200
Staff1,008
Other information
Website www.foresthills.edu

Forest Hills Local School District is a public school district serving the southeasternmost area of Hamilton County, Ohio outside the city of Cincinnati. The district specifically serves approximately 7,600 students from Anderson Township and the village of Newtown. [1] There are 1,008 staff members working for the district. [2]

The district has been rated excellent or excellent with distinction for the 12 consecutive years based on the State Report Card. It consists of nine schools: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

SchoolPrincipalYear builtGradesEnrollmentStaff
Anderson High School Kyle Fender19619–121,199168
Ayer Elementary SchoolHeather Hoelle1973K–662867
Maddux Elementary SchoolJoy O’Brien1966K–661749
Mercer Elementary SchoolJodi Davidson1973K–6728112
Nagel Middle SchoolTiffany Brennan19997–81,876116
Sherwood Elementary SchoolDan Hamilton1970K–656852
Summit Elementary SchoolMichele Sulfsted1968K–653260
Turpin High School David Spencer19769–121,100112
Wilson Elementary SchoolErin Storer1959 (rebuilt 2017) [8] K–663956
Total7,987792 (not including the 216 administrative staff)

The student progression from elementary to middle to high school in Forest Hills is noteworthy. There are six neighborhood elementary schools, all of which feed Nagel Middle School. Nagel students are then again divided based on their home addresses between the two high schools. Anderson High School gets all students from Ayer, Maddux and Summit Elementaries. Turpin gets all students from Wilson and Mercer Elementaries. Sherwood Elementary students are split between Anderson and Turpin, depending on street address; students on a few designated "swing" streets may choose either high school. [9]

Forest Hills School District has also been the subject of public criticism following their decision to ban "anti-racism" teachings in schools. Board member Sara Jonas was quoted as saying the measure was brought forward "just to make sure that both sides are always being taught to the students".

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  1. "About". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  2. "Forest Hills School District". www.foresthills.edu. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. "Facilities".
  4. "Turpin Profile 2015-2016" (PDF). Forest Hills. SchoolPointe. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  5. "Anderson High School Digital Profile 2015-2016". Forest Hills. SchoolPointe. Retrieved April 18, 2016.[ dead link ]
  6. "Nagel Nation Members". Schoology. Schoology. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  7. "Forest Hills" (PDF). Forest Hills. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  8. "Wilson hosts Farewell Open House on April 22". Forest Hills School District. April 17, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  9. https://www.foresthills.edu/content/documents/school-of-attendance-1.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]