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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18 Candidates Vie for Superintendent Post

With Michael Gallina leaving North Canton City Schools June 30, applicants from Ohio, Michigan and Massachusetts show interest.

A School Board Member's Goodbye to Mike Gallina

"Mike Gallina — a ball of energy and ability who left a community that he loved and where he was beloved to take on North Canton. And he took us by storm." — Board member Nancy Bundy said this week

Editor's note: The following is a letter written by Nancy Bundy, North Canton City Schools Board of Education member, to Mike Gallina, superintendent of North Canton City Schools. Bundy read the letter to Gallina at this week's school board meeting inside the Hoover High Media Center. North Canton Patch heard from viewers like Julie Mathie-Cross, and Board President Nancy Marion, that the heartfelt goodbye was emotional for many in the room that night. Gallina had announced April 2 that he would leave North Canton City Schools and take a position with AultCare Health Network as the director of outreach and organizational development.   I served on the school board from 2000 through 2011. When Superintendent Tom Shoup retired in 2004, we …

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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

WATCH: Community Comes Together for Viking Victory Run

The Viking Victory Run, Community 5K and Kids Fun Run exceeded organizers' expectations by bringing in about $16,500 — more than twice what they expected to raise

Sunday's Viking Victory Run was such a success, organizers already are thinking ahead to next year's event. This weekend's 5k and kids fun run kicked off at Hoover High School and Memorial Stadium and raised about $16,500 for the elementary schools. Not only that, but organizer Todd Davy said it accomplished another goal: It brought the North Canton community closer together as it works to realign its school buildings for the 2012-2013 school year. "Our original goal was to give something back to the schools," Davy said. "We wanted to encourage our kids to be fit. We wanted to get our families out running. And we wanted to unite the four elementary schools as we transition into next year." Davy said he's pleased with the response from the …

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Morgan Day

9:11 am on Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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Superintendent Celebrates District's $50,000 Grant

The Hoover Foundation awarded the district a grant to offer online courses, and no one appears happier than Michael Gallina.

Editor's note: North Canton City Schools Superintendent Michael Gallina is thrilled that the Hoover Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the district for online course offerings. Here is his reaction: How many times can a school district find a way to say “thank you”?  That is the exact position that we are in as we receive yet another gracious gift from the Hoover Foundation.  Truly, there are not many communities in the nation who have such a partner in the academic, athletic, or the art worlds of their school district.  The Hoover Foundation is a huge blessing to our children and community in all three of these areas! Our latest grant is to fund a new academic option for our students.  This option is called the Florida Virtual …

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School District to Host 'Everyday Math' Parent Information Night

The Everyday Mathematics program affects class schedules for students in kindergarten through grade 5

North Canton City School District will give parents an opportunity to learn more about a new math program that's caused some changes in their children's class schedules for next year. The district will host an Everyday Math Parent Information Night at 7 p.m. May 15 in the Hoover Hall of Performing Arts, Hoover High School, 525 7th St. NE. Heather Lash, owner of Seeds of Knowledge Math Consulting, will provide a general overview of the new math program for kindergarten through fifth grades.  Parents also will preview some of the student and family resources and Everyday Math games.  A question and answer period will follow the presentation. The program will end by 8 p.m. During a February Board of Education meeting, Curriculum Director …

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WATCH: Gallina Addresses District, Community Upon Resignation

The North Canton City Schools Board of Education approved the resignation for retirement for Michael Gallina, superintendent of North Canton City Schools, in a special board meeting this morning

Michael Gallina had many people to thank today as he thought back on 30 years in education, with the last eight in North Canton. The North Canton City Schools Board of Education met this morning with the sole purpose of considering the district superintendent's resignation for retirement, effective June 30. "The passion around North Canton sucked me in," Gallina said this morning. "As an outsider, you don't know you are going to be accepted in a career. But it was like family. Made you feel like a brother or sister, a father a times, a coach — it just didn't matter. So that's what made this so special. You actually loved me back. And in that way I was so happy to serve." Gallina had announced to staff Monday through a district-wide email …

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Community Reacts to Michael Gallina's Retirement

Gallina, North Canton City School District superintendent, announced Monday he would retire from education for an opportunity with AultCare Health Services

When Hoover High sophomore Mollie Wright first heard her school superintendent planned to leave the district, she was shocked. "Oh my gosh. I'm going to cry," Wright said outside Memorial Stadium Monday afternoon. She and a couple friends had just learned of Superintendent Michael Gallina's plans to leave the field of education for a positon as director of outreach and organizational development with the AultCare Health Network. Gallina made the announcement to his staff through an email Monday morning. Friend McKayla Morris also chimed in, saying Gallina always took the time to get to know North Canton students. "You couldn't ask for a better guy," said Morris, also a sophomore. "The way he acts around us is really great. He doesn't just …

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