On the Agenda: School Board to Discuss Unified Elementary Design Projects

North Canton City Schools Board of Education is slated to meet at 6 p.m. tonight in the Hoover High Media Center

Here's what's in store for North Canton City School District's Board of Education meeting, taking place at 6 p.m. today inside the Hoover High Media Center: Interested in what else is happening at the meeting tonight? You can find the full agenda in the PDFs section of this update. Have questions? Leave them for North Canton Patch Editor Morgan Day in the comments section!

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Board of Education Approves Labor Contract

The deal affects bus drivers, secretaries, aides and others in the North Canton Classified Personnel Association

The North Canton City Schools Board of Education approved a new three-year labor contract with the North Canton Classified Personnel Association.  The board unanimously approved the pact with the Classified Association, which represents bus drivers, secretaries, food service personnel, custodians, mechanics, classified librarians, aides, monitors, maintenance employees, interpreters, and technology support specialists. The action took place at a special board meeting Wednesday. Highlights of the new deal include the following: NCCPA President Tracie Heckaman shared her thoughts on the contract. “With the massive financial cuts to Ohio’s public education system, our recent contract was agreed upon with the best interest of our students in …

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School Board to Get Help in Search for New Superintendent

The North Canton City Schools Board of Education decided to the Stark County Educational Service Center to find Michael Gallina's replacement

A Goodbye From Longtime Administrator Ted Hall & More: School Board Quick Takes

Ted Hall, dean of students at the Mary L. Evans Early Childhood Center, took a moment to say goodbye before he retires this year, and the board discussed issues related to the Unified Elementary Design

North Canton City Schools Board of Education met Wednesday evening in the Hoover High Media Center. Here's a recap of what happened:

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Morgan Day

12:15 pm on Thursday, March 22, 2012

Thanks for the thoughtful comment! And Ted, you've always been a big help to me in covering North Canton City Schools. For that I'm very appreciative!   more ›

On the Agenda: School Board Looks at City's Master Plan & More

The North Canton City Schools Board of Education will hear about the city's Master Plan at its meeting tonight. Read on to see what else is in store.

North Canton City Schools Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Hoover High School Media Center. We've highlighted some agenda items for, but you can check out the full agenda in the PDFs section of this update.

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'Everyday Mathematics' Program Brings Changes to Kindergarten-Fifth Grade

The North Canton Board of Education approved the program Wednesday night. Students now will take art, health and physical education, music and library in a four-day rotation.

Starting next school year, students in kindergarten through fifth grade will see some changes in their class schedules because of a new “Everyday Mathematics” program. The program and use of the Everyday Mathematics textbooks were unanimously approved at a special North Canton City Schools Board of Education meeting inside the Hoover High Media Center Wednesday night. Essentially, Everyday Mathematics takes math and applies it to everyday life. “It’s application of the concept — not memorization,” Curriculum Director Peggy Savage said. “The one thing we want to stress is this is not how parents learned math. We want them to know that, and that we’re going to do what we need to do so that parents are comfortable with the program, too.” The …

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On the Agenda: School Board to Discuss Purchase of 'Everyday Math' Textbooks

The North Canton City Schools Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. tonight in the Hoover High Media Center to discuss the textbooks and how the switch to "everyday mathematics" will affect students' schedules

At the Feb. 15 North Canton School Board meeting, board members weren't able to get answers to all the questions they had about the Everyday Mathematics Common Core State Standards Edition textbooks. They'll hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. today in the Hoover High Media Center to further discuss the textbooks, which are aimed at kindergarten through fifth-grade classes and would be used during the 2012-2013 school year. The board tabled the item at the Feb. 15 meeting at the suggestion of board member Chris Thomas. Thomas said if the math classes are doubled for those grades, it's unclear what other classes will suffer because of that. Check back with North Canton Patch for more school board coverage.

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School Board Quick Takes: Board Approves Nine Retirements

The retirements include eight teachers and a reading specialist

A handful of teachers are slated to retire this year, including a couple we've featured on North Canton Patch (Laura Luikart and Sue Oryszak).  The North Canton City Schools Board of Education met Wednesday night in the Hoover High Media Center and approved the following resignations for retirement: Superintendent Michael Gallina said the teachers' years working in North Canton total 238. Curriculum Director Peggy Savage said a majority of those teachers will be internally replaced. "Surprisingly, with the combination of the unification of the buildings (the Unified Elementary Design) and the student population, in the end we're only going to have to replace two people, which is pretty amazing," she said. Board members expressed their …

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Morgan Day

2:48 pm on Thursday, February 16, 2012

We've got our techy guys in NY working on the issue. Words are missing from lots of Patch stories today ... a problem I never even knew could happen until today. Thanks for bearing with me, Keith.   more ›

On the Agenda: Principal to Discuss Hoover High Drug Sweep at School Board Meeting

Principal Tony Pallija will talk about the Jan. 25 K-9 assisted drug search at Hoover High at tonight's North Canton City School District Board of Education meeting

The North Canton City School District Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Hoover High Media Center. Hoover High Principal Tony Pallija is expected to speak about the Jan. 25 building-wide drug search in which police found no drugs. The North Canton Police Department had brought in several K-9 units and worked with North Canton City School administration and conducted the random multi-jurisdictional sweep of the entire building, which was under "lockdown" for 30 minutes that day. Also on the agenda:

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