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North Canton Board of Education Discusses a 7-Period Hoover High Schedule

Board of Education members and district officials met this morning to see how they can take Hoover High School from eight periods a day to seven

North Canton City Schools Board of Education met this morning to discuss how it can effectively turn an eight-period school day into a seven-period school day.

Board of Education members and school officials met at the North Canton City Schools District Office conference room at 7 a.m. and discussed options until about 8:15, when they closed the doors to begin an executive session.

They said the switch from an eight- to a seven-period school day will cut costs. The gist? Fewer classes, fewer teachers. The district is struggling with lack of state money — school officials expect a 20 percent reduction in state dollars, which equals $3.2 million over the next two years.

And the 4.5-mill levy passed in November, which will bring in $2.9 annually, was to be used for planning and other services but now will be used to maintain the district's current level of service, they said.

Less staffing doesn’t mean the district will lay off teachers, but officials said when one person retires, that position will be filled only if necessary.

Realigning positions within the district likely won’t pay off within the first year of the seven-period school days, but in following years, when a significant number of retirements likely will come.

Todd Henne, associate principal at Hoover High School, led much of the discussion this morning, mentioning a handful of options the district could take to create a seven-period school day. One of those options is , which would allow the high school students to double up on classes by scheduling two where one normally would be. The students would be in one class one day and the other class the next.

“Of course, that gets dangerous because we’re going to have kids here at Hoover trying to take 11 or 12 classes,” Henne said.

North Canton Patch will bring you more on this meeting, including other options discussed this morning, in an update Saturday.


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