Hudson City School District (Summit County)

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Hudson Elementary, a closed school building in the Hudson City School District
Hudson Elementary, a closed school building in the Hudson City School District

Hudson City School District is a school district in Ohio, covering most of Hudson and Boston Heights, and parts of Boston Township and Cuyahoga Falls.[1]

Contents

[edit] Board of Education

[edit] Current members

  • Bruce Hubach (President)[2]
  • Joy York (Vice President) [2]
  • Nancy Terry
  • Gary Mushock
  • Steve DiMauro

[edit] Administration

The superintendent is Steven L. Farnsworth. He was unanimously appointed at the May 14, 2007 Hudson Board of Education meeting. [3]

The former superintendent was Mary Ann Wolowiec. However, Mrs. Wolowiec announced her resignation at the September 25, 2006 Board of Education meeting, effective the Friday of that week.[4]

[edit] Changes in Hudson City School District

  • 1919: Hudson Township Rural School District is formed, consisting of the former Hudson Village School District and the township school districts.[5]
  • 1998: Hudson Local School District became Hudson City School District.[5]

[edit] Curriculum

[edit] Math

The Hudson City Schools currently use three different curricula in teaching math.[6] The elementary grades (K-5) use the curriculum known as Investigations in Number, Data, and Space; the middle school grades (6-8) use the Connected Math Project curriculum developed at Michigan State University; while the high school grades (9-12) use the University of Chicago's School Mathematics Project curriculum.

[edit] Schools

  • Hudson High School, 2500 Hudson-Aurora Road
    • Principal: Jay Tyree
  • Hudson Middle School, 77 North Oviatt Street
    • Principal: Chuck DiLauro
  • East Woods Elementary (once Hudson Junior High), 120 North Hayden Parkway
    • Principal: Ted Embacher
  • McDowell Elementary, 280 North Hayden Parkway
    • Principal: Mark Leventhal
  • Ellsworth Hill Elementary, 7750 Stow Rd
    • Principal: Doreen Osmund
  • Evamere Elementary, 76 North Hayden Parkway
    • Principal: Steve Brady

Now out of commission, unused at present time by the district:

  • Hudson Elementary, 34 North Oviatt Street
    • Last Principal: Mark Leventhal

[edit] Other facilities

  • School Bus Garage, opened in 1974.[5] While buses are board-owned, Laidlaw is contracted to operate the fleet.
  • Lavelli Stadium, built in 1972, named in 1975, when 1941 Hudson High School graduate Dante Lavelli was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame [5].
  • Ada Cooper Miller Natatorium, attached to East Woods Elementary. Ada Cooper Miller served on the Hudson Board of Education for 40 years, and presided for 25 of those years.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.hudson.edu/frames.php?school=hcsd&url=http://www.hudson.edu/hcsd/info/HCSDboundaries.pdf Map of Hudson City School District boundaries
  2. ^ a b http://www.hudson.edu/?design=board Retrieved 3 March, 2008.
  3. ^ Reece, Jennifer. "Superintendent signs on". Hudson Hub-Times. 16 May 2007.
  4. ^ "Hudson superintendent resigns after rocky relationship with board". Akron Beacon Journal. 26 September 2006. http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/15610205.htm. Retrieved 26 September 2006.
  5. ^ a b c d Hudson Local School District: A Tradition of Excellence, 1801-1985. Pamphlet chronicling history of public schools in Hudson.
  6. ^ Hudson City Schools' Math Curriculum. Hudson City Schools. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.

[edit] External links

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