Principal Dale Rush taking on new role within Canton Local
CANTON TWP. – Dale Rush, who has been principal for the Multi-County Juvenile Attention System educational program, also will spend time as associate principal at Faircrest Memorial Elementary School.
Rush is among the seven administrators receiving new three-year contracts from the Canton Local Board of Education.
Because Multi-County Juvenile Attention System facility at 815 Faircrest St. SW is within Canton Local School District, the school system handles educational programs there for the incarcerated youths.
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"Dale Rush does a great job working with our staff there," Superintendent Brett Yeagley said. "What we are doing now is having him go over and support the staff at Faircrest. Honestly, right now he has been doing additional duties in the central office. We have full confidence he will be able to handle it 100%."
The new contract for Rush and the other administrators will be effective with the upcoming 2022-23 academic year. His annual salary will be $113,719. Efforts to contact Rush were not successful.
Additional students creates need for associate principal
The Faircrest School at 616 Faircrest St. SW is winding down its days as a middle school. Canton Local is converting it into an elementary school for the upcoming academic year. The school system is about to open a new middle school at 4404 Cleveland Ave. SE.
"Our elementary this year only went up to fourth grade," said Board of Education President Scott Hamilton, explaining the reason Rush will spend time at Faircrest Elementary. "Next year it will go up to fifth. We just thought we would add an administrator to handle the additional students."
Other Canton Local administrators receiving new three-year contracts are: Principal Ann Bartley, who will relocate from what has been H.R. Walker Elementary School to what will become Faircrest Memorial Elementary School; Jaimie Brown, assistant principal at the new Canton South Middle School; Tricia Couts-Everett, director of curriculum and instruction.
Victoria Hessey, director of special services; Krista Gearhart, director of career technical education, and Rachael Taylor, director of educational management information system.
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