Hudson City School District (Ohio)

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

The 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]

Board of education

Current members

• David Zurro (President) ^[2]
• Steve DiMauro (Vice President)
• James Field
• Patty Engelman
• Tom Tobin

Administration

The superintendent is Phillip Herman.^[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]

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]
• 2010: Hudson Elementary is demolished

Curriculum

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 Mcgraw Hill math; while the high school grades (9-12) use the University of Chicago's School Mathematics Project curriculum.

Schools

• Hudson High School, 2500 Hudson-Aurora Road
  • Principal: Brian Wilch
• Hudson Middle School, 77 North Oviatt Street
  • Principal: Kimberly Cockley
• East Woods Elementary (once Hudson Junior High), 120 North Hayden Parkway
  • Principal: Michael Sedlak
• McDowell Elementary, 280 North Hayden Parkway
  • Principal: Mark Leventhal
• Ellsworth Hill Elementary, 7750 Stow Rd
  • Principal: Jen Filomeana
• Evamere Elementary, 76 North Hayden Parkway
  • Principal: Beth Trivelli

Previous locations

• Hudson Elementary, 34 North Oviatt Street (torn down)
  • Last Principal: Mark Leventhal

Other facilities

• School Bus Garage, opened in 1974.^[5] While buses are board-owned, Petermann is contracted to operate the fleet. ^[7]
• 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]
• A new stadium is in the funding process as of January 2011. It is to be built on Hudson High School (Ohio) property beside the W-wing faculty parking lot.
• 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.

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. HudsonHubTimes.com - UPDATE: School Board accepts administrator's retirement, names new president 5 January 2009. Accessed 6 January 2009.
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. 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 2008-04-22.
7. http://www.petermannbus.com/Case%20Studies%20PDFs/PMN%20Hudson%20case%20study%20final.pdf

External links

• Hudson City School District