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Erlanger-Elsmere Schools

School district in Kentucky

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ121452500 ↗
Source-derived summary

Erlanger-Elsmere Independent Schools, Erlanger/Elsmere School District, or Erlanger-Elsmere Schools is a school district headquartered in Erlanger, Kentucky, in the Greater Cincinnati Area.

The district includes portions of Erlanger, Edgewood, and Elsmere.

History

In 1971, John Miles (died 1996) began his term of superintendent. In 1975 Sunset Elementary School was renamed after him. Miles left his position in 1982.

James Molley, a teacher in the district, became superintendent in 1994 and held that position until 2002.

By 2000 the district had a strategy of having larger salaries for new teachers in its salary scale.

Kathlyn Burkhardt became superintendent circa 2009, and held the position until 2020. In 2020 Chad Molley, the son of James Molley, became the superintendent.

Schools

Secondary

Lloyd Memorial High School

Tichenor Middle School

Elementary

Arnett Elementary School

Howell Elementary School

Lindeman Elementary School

Miles Elementary School

Other

Bartlett Educational Center

References

Further reading

"Appendix B: Maps Of Independent School Districts In Operation In FY 2014-FY 2015 Using 2005 Tax District Boundaries – Erlanger-Elsmere ISD" (PDF).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Erlanger-Elsmere Schools” as school district in Kentucky. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Erlanger-Elsmere, Schools and School.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 1996, 1975, 1982—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Erlanger-Elsmere, Schools and School providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Erlanger-Elsmere Schools”, the useful work is to connect “school district in Kentucky” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q121452500. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1971, 1996, 1975 and 1982.

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This entry incorporates text from “Erlanger-Elsmere Schools” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.