Dr. Scott Bowling, superintendent of Crawfordsville Community School Corporation, was named 2020 Superintendent of the Year for District IV by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents. Winners are selected by other superintendents in their district who consider the qualifications and accomplishments of area colleagues and their instructional leadership in a time of limited resources. District IV includes, Montgomery County, as well as enton, Clay, Fountain, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo and Warren counties.
Bowling has been an administrator in Crawfordsville Community School Corp. since 2002, serving as an assistant principal, principal, business manager and assistant superintendent before becoming superintendent in 2014.
Like many rural school districts, Crawfordsville Community School Corp. has faced many difficult obstacles due to limited resources.
Bowling earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a post-graduate degree in secondary math education from Indiana University and three educational administration degrees from Ball State University. He is currently the president of the Indiana Association of School Business Officials. Bowling also serves on the Mayor’s Countywide Workforce Roundtable, and he is a past board member of Character Counts of Montgomery County.

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