News Summary

CARLISLE — School board members have been looking for a fitting tribute for long-time employee Bobby Grigsby since he died suddenly of a heart attack in January.

Monday night they decided on one. Board members voted to change the name of the intermediate school to honor the 30 year employee of the district who finished his career in Carlisle as superintendent in 1994.

"He was more than well deserving of the honor," Board President Maggie Moore said of renaming the building Bobby F. Grigsby Intermediate School.

"Once in your life you have the opportunity to do something nice for somebody. I was so happy to have the chance to do that," she said.

Moore worked with Grigsby at the high school and as his secretary in the business office. She said he loved NASCAR, going to Myrtle Beach in his motor home with his and classic cars.

Superintendent Tim McLinden said other board members agreed naming the school after Grigsby was a way to honor the man who was dedicated to Carlisle his whole career.

"I think the feeling was his heart never left Carlisle," McLinden said.

Grigsby died in his sleep of a heart attack Jan. 26 at 67.

"Grigs" as he was known to friends and family graduated from Morehead State University in Kentucky and Xavier University.

He took a job teaching math at Carlisle and the 1960s and worked his way up to principal, business manager and later superintendent. He retired from the district in 1994 and went on to teach in the Kings Local School District and for the Warren County Career Center.

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