Reynoldsburg

Reynoldsburg High School: 1930-1937

A. C. Kennedy 1930-1937
A.C. Kennedy was teaching in Medina High School when the Smith-Hughes Act was passed. He was one of the original nineteen teachers of vocational agriculture in Ohio and started the program at Medina in January, 1918. He continued at that school for three years. He accepted the position at the training center at Worthington in 1920 when Mr. Schreiber left. He continued at Worthington for ten years until 1930 when the department was discontinued. He then established the training center at Reynoldsburg High School in 1930-31 and was there until 1937. He was appointed to the staff of agricultural engineering to teach the methods and skills courses, both pre-service and in-service, in the area of agricultural mechanics. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1956. He passed away in 1967.