Farewell to Ridge school

Heidi Bevins-Obergon and her son Jackson Bevins, 11, look at a collection of old photos during the Ridge Elementary open house Sunday. (Photos: Shane Hughes/Sentinel-Tribune)

Faculty, staff, parents and children lined the hallways as Ridge Elementary held its open house and closing ceremony Sunday.
More than 150 people, many former students and teachers, packed into the gymnasium to watch a six-minute video of life at the Bowling Green school since it first opened in 1931, and to be entertained by Ridge alumni Jason and Alex DePue.
The school is set to close May 31 as a cost-savings measure for the district.
Photos from each decade of the school lined the halls, along with newspaper clippings.
Dale Arnold, who lives just west of the school, said he hopes the district finds a buyer for the building.
He called the school a “landmark” in the city, and recalled shooting baskets in the playground with his son.
The playground itself “is great for neighborhood kids.”
Superintendent Ann McVey has said that the district will offer to sell the building to a charter school or government entity. If that fails, it will go on the auction block.