The school is named for Florence Bowser, an educator and community organizer who taught in Suffolk and other Virginia areas for about 50 years, beginning in the late 1800s.

Florence Bowser Elementary School is named after an educator who was instrumental in starting the school in 1920. Florence Bowser Elementary is celebrating 100 years of educating students in Suffolk.

Florence Bowser Elementary is a public school located in Suffolk, VA, which is in a fringe rural setting. The student population of Florence Bowser Elementary is 831 and the school serves PK-5.

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Florence Bowser Elementary in Suffolk went into a code yellow lockdown on Thursday due to “an individual displaying disruptive behavior” on the school’s campus.

Suffolk's Florence Bowser Elementary closed to students for good Friday. It will be torn down to make way for a new school, slated to open in 2018. Buildings on the campus hold nearly a century of ...

These days, though, Florence Bowser is best known as the namesake of an elementary school on Nansemond Parkway. The teacher died in 1949, years before the brick building was erected in the 1960s.

It was the first school of its kind in Suffolk. In 1963, it was expanded and renamed to Florence Bowser Elementary, and later in 2018, replaced with a newer larger building.

Suffolk, Virginia – According to a press release for Suffolk Public Schools, instructional hours will be adjusted for Creekside Elementary, Driver Elementary, Florence Bowser Elementary ...

Taylor Flick-Saunders, an educator and coach at Florence Bowser Elementary School, shares insight on her day-to-day methods, which include 'working small ' and breaking the day into 12 sections ...

Suffolk residents will have an opportunity to responsibly declutter and give back to the community during the upcoming Keep ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Suffolk Fire Marshal’s Office is currently conducting an arson investigation after they say a fire at Florence Bowser Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon was ...