Canton City School District
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Nestled in the heart of Stark County, Ohio, the Canton City School District serves nearly 11,000 students living in the City of Canton, Ohio. The Canton City School District is the largest in Stark County and one of the eight largest urban school systems in Ohio. It is also one of the largest employers in Stark County. The district comprises two high schools, two freshman academies, four middle schools, 16 elementary schools and an early childhood kindergarten center. In addition, the district operates an alternative middle school and helps operate two alternative high schools, a Montessori school, a Digital Academy, a publicly sponsored charter arts academy and an educational facility inside a juvenile attention center. The Canton City Schools offer a wide variety of strong academic, vocational, athletic, fine arts and other extracurricular activities. Since 1999, a publicly funded building program, Design for the Future, has propelled the construction of ten new schools - Cedar Elementary, Worley Elementary, Allen Elementary, Gibbs Elementary, Belden Elementary, Summit Elementary, Harter Elementary, McGregor Elementary, Clarendon Elementary and Lehman Middle School. At the High School level, the Canton Timken High School Campus project is nearing completion, including over $35 million in new buildings, site improvement and renovations of existing structures. In addition, renovations/upgrades are being completed for most of the remaining schools (including a $16 million renovation of Canton McKinley High School). A local bond issue provided about 23 percent of the funding. All but three of Canton City Schools active schoolhouses will be new or renovated by the summer of 2008.
Though the Canton City School District is well-known for the athletic achievements of its students, it also has earned success in its primary mission of raising student achievement. Each year since 2002, the Canton City School district has improved upon the academic achievement of it students, successfully improving graduation rates and standardized test scores in spite of sharp increases in numbers of economically disadvantaged students. Severe consequences face the District if it does not meet the federal accountability standards in 2006.
Vision
The vision of the Canton City School District is to see every student graduate and to equip them with the skills that will enable them to pursue and reach their own individual goals in life.
Mission
Raising student achievement through the work
Beliefs
Canton City Schools must provide direction and support for the work of teachers, focusing on those matters teachers can control (e.g.the work they design for students.)
All students can learn more than they are now learning.
Consider students as the primary customers of schools.
Create a sense of urgency for the need for organizational change.
Build capacity for improvement of performance to sustain change over the long haul.
Foster collaboration and positive relationships among staff, students, families, and the community.
The purpose of our schools must be to Communicate to all stakeholders to ensure they align themselves with our work and purpose of educating students.
Results
The following is a list of district results for the customers:
Students: Provided work that is interesting, challenging, and satisfying.
School system: Students are engaged, persist with the work, and learn what school and community deems important for them to know and be able to do.
Parents: Students are happy, safe, and learn what parents believe they should learn.
Community: What students learn is culturally significant and valued—by the community and society at large.
Administration
Superintendent: Dianne Talarico
Business Manager: Tad C. Ellsworth
Board of Education
Fred Thompson
John Rinaldi
James Carman Jr.
Nadine McIlwain-Massey
Rich Milligan
Treasurer: James Reinhard
External links
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