This community newsletter provides updates on various topics related to the Massillon City School District. It discusses the district beginning to offer free breakfast and lunches to all students through a federal program. It also discusses implementing a new four-tier busing system to cut transportation costs. The newsletter indicates the district will have a renewal levy on the November ballot to maintain current operations and avoid debt. It provides information on new hires and staff in the district. It also summarizes events like a student representing the district at a conference, a student trip to Costa Rica, and upcoming student testing.

1. IN THIS ISSUE
Financial Update ..... 2
Massillon Places
Renewal Levy on
November Ballot...... 3
Welcome to the
Team! ....................... 4
Connect with us! ..... 5
Testing Update ........ 5
ACTE Scholarship
Winner...................... 5
Student Summer Trip
to Costa Rica ............6
How Can Using Legos
in Schools Increase
Students’ Stem
Success?.....................7
Fall Sport Schedules
2015/2016 ............... 8
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MASSILLON CITY SCHOOLS
Proud Past. Hopeful Future.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Volume 5, Issue 1
930 17th St. NE Massillon, OH 44646 330.830.3900
www.massillonschools.org
We are off to a great start this 2015-2016 school
year with new and exciting changes. This year,
we began offering no-cost breakfast and lunches
to all students in the school district. This comes
as a result of receiving assistance from a feder-
al program called Community Eligibility Provision
(CEP). The program will be in place for four years
and has already proven to be beneficial for our
school system. So far, we have seen a 13.5 per-
cent increase in lunches served and an astound-
ing 42.5 percent increase in breakfasts served.
As we look to transportation, we have implemented a
four-tierbussingsystemthathasallowedustocuttrans-
portation costs while maintaining efficiency. While the
new system is still a work in progress, we look forward
to seeing the positive impacts it will have long-term.
Superintendent’s
Message
The Massillon
City Schools
are heading in
a positive di-
rection, and in
order to keep
this momentum,
we must main-
tain the current
funding. In order
to stay out of
debt, the Massillon City Schools will need to pass the
upcoming renewal levy on the ballot in November. We
want to remind everyone that this is not a new tax. The
original levy was passed in 1996 and has been renewed
every five years since that time. Passing this renewal
levy will keep the Massillon City Schools out of debt,
according to the five year forecast. It will also allow the
district to maintain its current operations and programs.
I would like to thank the Massillon Community for its
continued support for the Massillon City School District.
We look forward to a bright future for our district!

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REVENUE
ACTUAL
General Property Tax (Real Estate)
Income Tax
Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid
Restricted Grants-in-Aid
Property Tax Allocation
All Other Revenues
TOTAL REVENUES
$13,195,846
$ 35,760
$20,162,831
$ 475,512
$ 2,694,211
$ 2,075,235
$ 38,639,396
$14,535,555
$ 26,017
$ 20,272,504
$ 1,570,628
$ 2,989,337
$ 1,915,600
$ 41,309,640
$ 14,890,602
$ 24,043
$ 22,763,659
$ 1,884,823
$ 3,006,024
$ 2,233,573
$ 44,802,724
$ 14,879,674
$ 13,666
$ 22,426,855
$ 1,952,671
$ 3,260,232
$ 1,701,106
$ 44,234,205
APPROPRIATED
FISCAL YEARFISCAL YEARFISCAL YEARFISCAL YEAR
2016201520142013
OTHER FINANCING
SOURCES
EXPENDITURES
OTHER FINANCING
USES
Advances-In
All Other Financing Sources
Total Other Financing Sources
TOTAL REVENUES & OTHER
FINANCING SOURCES
Personal Services
Employees’ Retirement/Insurance
Benefits
Purchased Services
Supplies and Materials
Capital Outlay
Other Objects
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
Operating Transfers-Out
Total Other Financing Uses
TOTAL EXPENDITURES &
OTHER FINANCING USES
EXCESS REVENUE
OVER EXPENDITURES
$ 101,076
$ 257,439
$ 358,515
$ 38,997,910
$ 21,773,435
$ 8,182,486
$ 6,280,686
$ 736,599
$ 253,528
$ 656,354
$ 37,883,089
$ 4,852
$ 4,852
$ 37,887,941
$ 1,109,970
$ 16,810
$ 611,118
$ 627,928
$ 41,937,568 $
20,652,189
$ 8,322,313
$ 7,149,179
$ 860,846
$ 361,822
$ 626,869
$ 37,973,218
$ 514,372
$ 514,372
$ 38,487,590
$ 3,449,978
$ 3,014
$ 546,358
$ 549,372
$ 45,352,096
$ 20,648,304
$ 8,199,437
$ 7,656,176
$ 975,013
$ 450,763
$ 725,271
$ 38,654,964
$ 375,000
$ 375,000
$ 39,029,964
$ 6,322,131
$ 3,014
$ 456,890
$ 459,904
$ 44,694,109
$ 21,361,540
$ 9,747,208
$ 8,468,690
$ 1,057,970
$ 476,537
$ 743,719
$ 41,855,664
$ 375,000
$ 375,000
$ 42,230,664
$ 2,463,444
FINANCIAL
UPDATE
It is hard to believe that I have
been here for three years; time
truly flies the older we get. Dur-
ing this time the district has seen
many changes handed down from
the state – Common Core, Test-
ing, Third Grade Reading Guar-
antee, Report Cards, Evaluations,
etc. As with any change, there is
always a cost – adding new text-
books, Chromebooks, instructional
supplies, professional development,
staff, etc. Accompany this with ag-
ing buildings, increasing costs in
utilities, insurance, etc., the bot-
tom line can get away from us very
quickly if not monitored closely. The
Board of Education and Administra-
tion at Massillon City School District
is committed to being transparent
and fiscally accountable with the tax
dollars entrusted us by the citizens
of Massillon. However, we are also
committed to providing the Massil-
lon students an education which will
prepare them for the future.
Listed to the right is a chart which
shows the past three years’ ac-
tual figures and this year’s
estimated figures.
By: Sandy Moeglin,
Treasurer

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Massillon Places Renewal
Levy On November Ballot
In August, the Massillon City
Schools Board of Education
voted to place a 4.6 mill emergency
renewal levy on the Nov. 3 ballot,
which is not a new tax.
“In 2012, the community passed an
emergency levy for new operating
dollars. During that time, we promised
we would not ask for new money for
years to come. The Massillon City
School District is intent on keeping
that promise,” said Superintendent
Richard Goodright. “However, in or-
der to maintain financial stability, it
is critical that the district’s upcoming
renewal levy is passed.”
The renewal levy generates $2.0 mil-
lion annually for the Massillon City
Schools. It was first passed in 1996
and has been renewed every five
years since that time. According to
Massillon’s five-year forecast, pass-
ing this renewal will keep the district
out of debt and allow it to maintain
current operations and programs.
If the renewal levy would not pass, the
district would have to begin looking
at areas to cut, such as busing, staff
and instituting pay-to-participate fees.
The Massillon City School District is
dedicated to fiscal responsibility, long-
term planning and transparency. It is
continually looking for ways to reduce
costs without affecting the excellent
education provided to students.
Issue 34
4.6 Mill Emergency Renewal
NOT A NEW TAX

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WELCOME TO THE TEAM!
The Massillon City School Dis-
trict is pleased to welcome
five new hires to our administra-
tive and support staff this year! If
you see one of them walking by,
make sure to stop and say hello.
Olivia Bronczek,
Communications
Coordinator, will
act as a liaison
between the
school district and community, while
coordinating public relations efforts,
including publications, social media
and special events. As a graduate of
Massillon City Schools, she is looking
forward to highlighting the positive
things happening within the district.
Dr. Amy B. Hol-
lingsworth, Tech-
nology Integra-
tion Specialist,
comes to Mas-
sillon from the
University of Akron, where she
worked in The Department of Biol-
ogy. As a Google-Certified Educator,
Dr. Hollingsworth will help the en-
tire school district be “Fully Google”
by supervising a one-to-one
Chromebook initiative in grades
four through 12, while also increas-
ing the district’s digital platform
and paperless classroom founda-
tions. She said she is very excited
to work with teachers who want
to make a difference in kids’ lives
and to help the district leap forward.
Elaine Karp, Stu-
dent Services
Director, will be
in charge of pro-
viding services
for students with
special needs. Her goals at Mas-
sillon are to look at the district as a
whole and create professional de-
velopment training in areas that will
benefit the district. She also plans on
looking at how the district provides
inclusion services and support for
children with special needs and mak-
ing improvements where she sees fit.
Rebecca Moore,
Special Educa-
tion and Parent
Involvement Co-
ordinator, will ser-
vice students on IEPs, work on de-
veloping parent involvement within
the school and community, and work
with the United Way and Red Cross
on different projects throughout the
school year. She earned her Master’s
in Education in School Counseling
from the University of Dayton in 2006
and her Master’s in Educational Lead-
ership from the University of Cincin-
nati in 2011. Her goal for this coming
school year is to work closely with
intervention specialists and teach-
ers to plan even stronger IEPs, while
helping students, their families and
the community get excited about
the education Massillon provides.
J e v o n n e
Smith, Di-
rector of
Curriculum,
will lead the
d e v e l o p -
ment of the
district-wide
curriculum initiatives for pre-K through
twelfth grade. Most recently, she
served as the administrator/curriculum
and instruction specialist at Cleveland
Metropolitan School District. She is
looking forward to taking on a new
challenge, working on developing
a curriculum that increases student
achievement and prepares students
effectively for the new Common Core
Standards, collaborating with the staff
and administration team and getting
to know the needs of the community.
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CONNECT
WITH US!TESTING
UPDATE
Washington High
School Student Shares
Success Story at ACTE
Conference
Mackenzie Slicker recently
spoke to a group of 500 ca-
reer-tech educators during the Ohio
ACTE Annual Conference in July.
Mackenzie, an exercise sciences/
sports medicine student at Wash-
ington High School, was one of the
Darrell L. Parks Student Scholarship
winners. She told the crowd just how
much CTE (and her teacher) impacted
her life and prepared her for the future.
“My career and technical class has
enhanced my intelligence, not only
in sports medicine but in every other
aspect of academics,” said Slicker.
“I’m lucky enough to have a car-
ing teacher like Mr. Sifferlin, who
has helped me further my educa-
tion and put me on the correct path.”
Mackenzie received $1,000 for her
ACTE scholarship and plans to attend
Miami University after high school.
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As we begin the school year,
we want to give parents a pre-
view of the types of test students
will be taking throughout the year.
MAP assessments test students
in math and reading. The test is
administered to measure growth
over time. Results from MAP as-
sessments are used to guide
instruction in the classroom.
GRADES K-3—MAP ASSESSMENT
(MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS)
GRADES 4-10—ACT ASPIRE
The ACT Aspire is a test written
by the ACT that assesses student
readiness in English, math, read-
ing, science and writing. The test
is taken in order to readily prepare
our students for college level tests.
This year, the PARCC test will be
replaced by AIR assessments. AIR
assessments are state-mandated
and catered specifically to Ohio’s
educational standards.
GRADES 3-10—AIR ASSESSMENTS
(AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH)
E-NEWSLETTER
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and click on School Communication.

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STUDENT SUMMER
TRIP TO COSTA RICA
Over the summer, a group of
24 students and four teachers
spent nine days in Costa Rica in June.
Anyone who had completed two years
of Spanish at any point by the end
of the school year was eligible for
the trip. The students ranged from
upcoming juniors (sophomores dur-
ing the 2014-2015 school year) to
graduates from the class of 2015.
The goal of the trip was to expose
the students to another culture and
allow them to see how other people
live. Those who had taken several
Spanish classes were able to use
their language skills during the trip.
One of the highlights of their trip
was a visit to an elementary school
in Monteverde, where the group saw
what schools are like in Costa Rica.
The local students performed tradi-
tional folklore dances and taught the
Massillon group children’s songs. Be-
fore they left, the Massillon tour group
donated an entire bag full of school
supplies for the Costa Rican students.
On the other days of the trip, the
group toured a coffee plantation,
went to the active volcano Poas Vol-
canao, visited La Fortuna Waterfall,
went kayaking, planted a tree in a
reserve, went zip lining in the rain
forest, went horseback riding and
went to Manuel Antonio National
Park, where many students saw
the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
On the group’s last night, they par-
ticipated in a folklore evening in
San Jose, which included dining at
a beautiful restaurant on top of a
mountain where they could see the
entire city lit up at night. After din-
ner, a local dance troupe performed
and taught the students dances.
Before the trip, a private Facebook
group was set up for families. Stu-
dents and teachers uploaded pic-
tures to the page so that parents
could see what was happening dur-
ing the students’ stay in Costa Rica.
“The best thing was watching the
kids get out of their comfort zones
and watching them do things they
wouldn’t have usually done,” said
Amy Petro, Spanish Teacher at
Washington High School. The dis-
trict would like to continue this trip
every other year so more students
can explore other cultures.
“That’s how you grow. The students
also learned a lot by trying new
foods and learning the culture
because they really had to use
the language. My students did not
want to leave!”

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HOW CAN USING LEGOS IN SCHOOLS
INCREASE STUDENTS’ STEM SUCCESS?
One of parenthood’s greatest
pains is the Lego stage of child-
hood, where the tiny bricks end up
all over the floor. Invariably, parents
will step on one little brick on the lino-
leum, and curse. They will find the
bricks everywhere. Or they’ll find the
Lego theme song, “Everything isAwe-
some!” running through their head.
Now, imagine that one set of Legos,
multiplied by 60. Tens of thou-
sands of Legos. That is the reality
of veteran teacher Toni Remenar-
ick’s classroom this school year.
You see, Remenarick is leaving
the comfort of her math classroom
to head up the new Lego Robot-
ics program at the Massillon Junior
High school, and she can’t be more
excited. And overwhelmed. With over
50,000 Legos to keep track of, plus
her new set of fifth through eighth
graders, she’s taken on quite the task.
But it’s one she has fully embraced.
“The coolest thing about this program
is that it is so hands on,” Remenar-
ick said. “This gives every student
a chance at being a leader. Kids lit-
erally get to see the results of their
projects come to life, in real time.
Feedback is instant and student led.
Students own their ideas and have
endless opportunities to explore.”
As many educators know, STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Math) can be difficult for stu-
dents who read below grade level or
have learning disabilities. There are
always gifted students who pull back
or drop out of school, not because
they aren’t smart, but because they
are not engaged. The Lego Edu-
cation Program changes all of this.
Right in those formative years of
adolescence in junior high school,
when children are learning about
themselves, and what they are good
at, many feel stigmatized by labels
such as “below-average reader,”
or “struggling in math.” They might
begin hating science or hating math,
because they are struggling in
their core subjects. The Lego Pro-
gram in Massillon is adding another
avenue for student achievement.
It’s such a simple, yet powerful solu-
tion to a common educational prob-
lem. Students feel like they aren’t
good at school. But even traditionally
struggling students can excel with
Legos. The program makes it easy
to extend learning, nurture student
collaboration, and increase students’
perception of their potential. That
child who may have believed they
were bad at math may now envision
himself as a successful engineer.
The shyest student in the room may
become the leader who all the stu-
dents go to for help with their design.
It doesn’t matter if you are a boy or a
girl - Legos allow all children to shine.
“It doesn’t matter where students
are starting from,” said Dr. Amy Hol-
lingsworth, the District Technology
Integration Specialist. “They can all
start building from one place, one
brick at a time. The potential we are
building in our students is at the core
of any amazing STEM program - nur-
turing the individual to achieve their
highest potential. This flexible learn-
ing environment challenges all our
students, no matter where they’ve
come from.And leading stu-
dents toward research-
ing what other stu-
dents have done in
other Lego schools
enhances their 21st Century skills.
This Lego program is everything that is
right in education, and I’m energized
to see where the students take this.”
So while many teachers are hanging
bulletin boards and arranging their
classrooms, Toni Remenarick is stra-
tegically placing tens of thousands of
Legos around her room. She is truly
getting ready to build the social skills
of a typically difficult age group, one
brick at a time, along with student
designed Lego creations.

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