North Canton Citizens
for Safe Schools

CHARLOTTE PROPERTY UNSUITABLE for NEW SCHOOL

We Must Do Better for Our Children

CHARLOTTE PROPERTY UNSUITABLE for NEW SCHOOL

The proposed site/property is contaminated and or/undersized.

The North Canton Charlotte property is unsuitable for construction of a new school building.


The 9.6 acre property is grossly under the 19.88 acres recommend by the state. Testing has confirmed property contaminated with industrial pollution!  To read more about the reasons for oppositions, please click here.

The video included in our EPA information gives a very informative overview of the extensive investigative work that is ongoing at the former Hoover Company property regarding industrial pollution that exists both on and offsite in the heart of downtown North Canton.

The groundwater pollution that exists throughout the area, termed the “Hoover Plume,” extends offsite to Hillcrest Avenue to the west and north to 5th Street. These boundaries were identified in a Stark County Health Department resolution (Resolution #3-2002) that was enacted on December 11, 2002, for the purpose of protecting public health.

The Charlotte property, where the North Canton City School District proposes to build a new school for 988 Pre-K through Second Grade students, is partially within the boundaries identified in the Health Department Resolution.

Maps are used extensively throughout the video. Learn about your community. Click here for more information from the EPA.

Information ABOUT THE NCCS PROJECT

Reasons for Our Opposition to the Charlotte Street Site

EPA Information

What is the status of the Charlotte and Ream Streets, and Maple Street Commerce site investigations near the former Hoover plant?

EPA, in coordination with the City of North Canton, North Canton City Schools (NCCS) and Maple Street Commerce (MSC) are working together to determine the status of possible contamination along Charlotte and Ream Streets.

 

News & Articles

Solutions to Solving the Shortcomings of the Charlotte Site

First Course of Action for the District:
Our Group is proposing that the District rebuild on the much larger, UNCONTAMINATED 15.6 acre Northwood property much like what the District is doing at the Clearmount Elementary property on East Maple Street. (FYI – two new school buildings are proposed. A Pre-K thru 2nd Grade is planned at Charlotte. A Grade 3 thru Grade 5 is planned for the 14.94 acre Clearmount site).

Second Course of Action for the District:

Proceed as Superintendent Wendorf stated in a March 13, 2017, Repository story and purchase 19 acres north of the City which actually would be more centrally located as the school District extends nearly to Uniontown.

Click to read the article in the Canton Repository.

InTERESTED IN HELPING?

The course of action you can take

Contact info for superintendent & school board members

Jeff Wendorf
Superintendent
jeff.wendorf@northcantonschools.org

District Office:  (330) 497-5600

 

 

Dr. Bob Roden
Board Member Vice President
bob.roden@ northcantonschools.org

Jessica Stroia
Board Member 
jessica.stroia@ northcantonschools.org

Andrea Ziarko
Board Member – President

andrea.ziarko@ northcantonschools.org

Jordan Greenwald
Board Member

jordan.greenwald@northcantonschools.org

Bruce Hunt
Board Member

bruce.hunt@northcantonschools.org

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