The Field Local School District is a public school district based in Brimfield, Ohio, United States, that serves Brimfield and Suffield Townships, and a small portion of Kent. The school district consists of one high school, one middle school, and two elementary schools. District offices are located in the Field High School building along Ohio State Route 43 in southern Brimfield, just north of the border with Suffield.
The Field Local School District was formed in January 1959 by the consolidation of the Suffield and Brimfield local school districts. Following the consolidation, the existing township schools continued to operate as they had been, with the Suffield Township hosting grades 1âÂÂ12, including Suffield High School, and Brimfield hosting grades 1âÂÂ8 with high school students attending the Kent State University School. The final graduating class at Suffield High School was the class of 1961. In September 1961, the new Field High School opened and the Brimfield and Suffield buildings continued to operate as elementary schools for grades 1-8. A third elementary school, Central Elementary School, opened on the eastern end of the high school campus in 1967 for grades KâÂÂ6 and it was followed by Field Junior High School in January 1968 for grades 7âÂÂ9.
Field's team name, the "Falcons", was adopted by the high school in 1975, prior to that, they used the former Suffield High School team name of "Big Red". During the 1975âÂÂ76 school year, teams were known as the "Big Red Falcons" before transitioning to just "Falcons" for the 1976âÂÂ77 school year.
By the 1980s, Central Elementary served all of the district's kindergarten students, while Brimfield and Suffield elementary schools housed grades 1âÂÂ5 and Field Junior High School, renamed Field Middle School, housed grades 6âÂÂ8. A voter approved bond issue provided funds to replace both Brimfield and Suffield schools, which both dated to the early 1920s, along with renovations and an addition to Field High School. Brimfield and Suffield schools were demolished in 2007 following the completion of new Brimfield and Suffield Elementary Schools at the same locations. At the end of the 2009âÂÂ10, Central Elementary was closed and kindergarten students were sent to their respective elementary school.