CANTON Massive changes in the way Stark County’s largest school district educates its students are coming.
The five-member Canton City school board on Wednesday approved the district’s Design for Excellence plan, which reconfigures nearly every school building in an effort to reduce operating costs while providing more educational opportunities for students. The changes will be in place when its first students return Aug. 19. The first day for most students will be Aug. 20.
To see a copy of Wednesday s presentation, click here: Design for Excellence
Two changes in the plan – affecting the district s year-round school, AIM Academy, as well as Belden and Patrick elementary schools – were approved, but continue to be reviewed as they were not part of the original plan presented on Jan. 27. A virtual community meeting for Belden and Patrick parents will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 2 and a virtual meeting for AIM families will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 4. Log-on inf
Three months after Jeff Talbert conducted a virtual listening tour to hear from residents, the Canton City Schools superintendent was back on tour answering their questions about the district’s sweeping restructuring proposal.
Talbert spent more than five hours during five virtual community meetings over the past two weeks fielding questions about the Design for Excellence plan, which restructures each of the district’s 22 school buildings in an effort to reduce the number of buildings and amount of staff to match declining enrollment while giving students more educational opportunities.
“It was good to hear from the community about what was important to them, said Talbert during an interview with The Canton Repository on Friday.
CANTON Richie Harper will walk his 7-year-old son to Dueber Elementary today for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.
They are both excited that the first-grader will get to see his friends and teachers again after so many months of virtual learning.
The return is bittersweet for Harper as it comes with the backdrop of knowing that Dueber, a place he attended roughly 20 years ago, likely won’t be open for his son, Chandler Abbuhl, next school year.
Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeff Talbert last week unveiled a sweeping restructuring plan for Stark County’s largest school district that seeks to lower its operating costs, reduce the number of its facilities and staff to match its declining student enrollment while giving students more choices in school programming and extracurricular activities. If approved by the school board, the plan would take effect this fall.