The Elm Valley Aces Scioto Valley Trojans and Radnor Local Rockets Came together to become   Buckeye Valley Barons The County Board of Education met on May 12, 1960 to discuss and vote on the consolidation of Ashley's ElmValley, Ostrander's Scioto Valley and Radnor's Radnor Local into one district. With people for and against the formation of a new district, the community was divided and the steps were taken to put the issue on the November 1961 ballot. At their May, 1960 meeting, The County Board of Education settled on a name for the proposed district, deciding it should be called Northwestern. This name was modified to Delaware-Northwestern during a meeting in January, 1961. Still not satisfied with a name, a contest was held to name the district. Some of the over-200 entries included: Delaware Valley, Valley Hi, Frontier Valley, Edge Water, Clear Water, Singing Water, Blue Water, Prairie Trail, Osage Border, Greater Northern, Golden Valley, Tri-Village, Tri-River, El Dorado, Harrison, Twin Rivers, Flintstone, Radnor Valley, Bittersweet Union and Buckeye Valley. The County Board of Education approved Buckeye Valley in March of 1961. On November 8, 1961, 52% of voters approved the formation of the new school district and Buckeye Valley as we know it was born. At the start, the Buckeye Valley district covered 198.8 square miles and blanketed 14 townships including Brown, Concord, Delaware, Kingstown, Liberty, Marlboro, Oxford, Radnor, Scioto, Thompson and Troy. Construction of the High School building began on October 10, 1962 on the chosen 48 acre site located just off State Route 23 on Coover Road. Other proposed locations for the High School included US 42 The land was purchased for $208 per acre. The original, two-story building plan was changed to a one-story plan, adding space and cutting down on build time. On September 23, 1963, the new High School building first opened for class after several construction delays. The building was not finished when classes first began; areas such as the cafeteria, gymnasium, music room, library and lockers were not ready. At first, classes were held from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 with students eating lunch at home. While work was being done on the new High School building, Buckeye Valley was also establishing itself in the classroom. In October of 1963, the high school began to implement a full-day schedule, holding classes from 8:15 to 2:15. By this time, students were being shuttled back and forth from after school acitvities. In the last months of 1963, the cafteria and music rooms are finally finished. Buckeye Valley High School was dedicated on February 16, 1964